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2024.05.16 21:15 Velascu Trying to build a rails + react native app, I think I'm going nuts
I've worked with several languages and several frameworks but this has never happened to me. It's already the 8th time that I redo a project. Still getting errors, neither google or chatGPT know what the hell is going on. I think I'm going insane. I've followed like 5/6 tutorials/courses and none of them worked. I've tried github projects which supposedly run out of the box, once I checked my nodejs and ruby versions and seen that they matched what the projects were intended to be run on... guess what? NOTHING. I think I'm going insane and rails is gaslighting me. I always knew that web development was bs and a pain in the ass but srsly this is ridiculous. We are using rails bc luckily we have a senior rails developer but he's not going to be able to work until we have a functional website that actually gives us money so he can work full time on it instead of doing a little bit here and there from time to time. I'm srsly thinking about suggesting the team to temporarily use another framework bc it's driving me nuts. I've managed to do stuff with JUCE, next.js, phoenix, nodejs and complicated enough programs on niche programming languages (clojure, haskell, apl...etc), but THIS is killing me. I'm going insane. Worst thing is that the guy who is somewhat orchestrating the whole thing wants us to stick to rails and I can't blame him bc it makes sense but I'm the only one unemployed at the startup and the one who is doing 95% of the programming and can't do shit with this framework. I'm starting to hate it... phew. What do you guys think I should do? Is this even normal or is it just THAT hard to develop on rails. It doesn't make sense to me at all. Maybe I'm just burnt out.
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2024.05.16 18:25 GPS20072007 Three Chapter 4 theories
As the mini newsletter was announced recently and chapter 3 likely being completed at this point, I have decided to share you all some chapter 4 theories that I have, these theories are assuming that the church is the next dark world, let's begin.
Theory 1: There will be four lightners in chapter 4
As we are all aware, there are pairs of lighters for each chapter, first was Kris and Susie, next was Noelle and Berdly, and possibly Toriel and Undyne, so with that being said, there is going to be two lightners per world, I don't think so, the old release of chostwrs being 3, 4 and 5, three is said to be gimmicky and different to the other chapters, 4 being like the other avaliable chapters, and 5 for what we can expect will be like 3 where it will be gimmicky and will likely reveal us some major questions and prepare us for the endgame, so chapter 4 being something that we had seen before, it needs some sort of kick to make it as spectacular as the 3rd and 5th chapters when they release and be an improvement from 2, I believe there will be 4 lightners instead of two with a pair joining our party and the other working with the big bad, I believe these for lightners to be Noelle, Ruby, Catti and Jockington.
Let's start with the Holdidays, we not only know that "church starts tomorrow" we not only know that Rudy has a text profile, but Noelle is 1 of 3 characters that get special dialogue in the vessel maker when you put her name in, the other two being Kris and Susie, it is highly likely that Noelle will be a more important character in the future with this chapter being the one to push it, I also belive that chapter 4 will be the only chapter of the 3 being made that will have a weird route Purley because of Noelle, it could be like the evacuation route in TS Underswap where you start casting ice spells in chapter 4, or you discover ice spells more powerful than snow grave itself, it cab also lead to more information about Dess with the two being pairs that will likely be on our side.
On the other side is Catti and Jockington, these are two characters that the community is divided upon wherever they'll play a major role or not, however I have 6 reason as to why they will be in the dark world with Noelle and Rudy
Theory 2: The chandelier will be the main antagonist in chapter 4
Assuming that the darkness world is a church, there isn't really a lot of objects that would make sense for leader, and other church villian concepts don't usually answer that question, so looking around the place I have concluded that a chandelier will be the manifestation of the main boss.
Chandeliers are very important in churches, with almost all of them having one, the church in the game is likely to have one for that reason alone, and not only that the reason for the chandelier as they represent wealth, power and elegance, which could be a way to predict the character, and we know that the other villian were powerful based on their ruke of the land, and with the chandelier being big, it can match the pattern of the main bosses where they as of now, they are double the size of Kris, it is likely a chandelier character will be double the size as well.
And to add on, in my opinion the chandelier in the church is equivalent to the tv in the house, and since there is a lot of people who think the chapter 3 villian will be a tv guy of some sorts, the chandelier is the chapter 4 equivalent to that, and for a little bonus theory here, the villian area will be a temple, because of religion and references to other games that use temples, primarily Zelda.
In conclusion, big gothic chandelier with fire head and arms will try and stop the fun gang on their tracks.
Theory 3: We will learn more about the angle in chapter 4
In the light world, the church worships a single angle that is the symbol of the church and religion in the game, I am willing to think that the angle will play a big part in the game whoever it is, but since in the light world it is worshipped, what would happen if the building that follows that worshipping is manifested into a dark world.
I have never seem a lot of people discuss what the role of the church will be, I believe that the darkners worship the angle more than the lightners in quantity and more regularly, it is in the chapter where we find more about the angle and who they may possibly be since we will not get any dark world lore in chapter 3, I believe we will here more from the main antagonist of chapter 4 as Queen has done to the Knight.
In chapter 1, we are told that there is a Knight making dark fountains and a angle, which plays a big role in the prophecies, in cheater 2 we learn more about the Knight specifically, which is why the community has be trying to scrape as much information as possible about the identity since the Knight had a spotlight in the chapter, so assuming I am correct, the same will happen in chapter 4 but with the angle, where we will get told about them and what they do, I am willing tk bet that Ralsei will tell us another prophecy at the end of the chapter like with the Deltarune and the Roaring, where we are revealed more about the darkness lore.
In conclusion, angle will be referenced a lot in chapter 4
Conclusion:
If you had read my theories thank you, they had took an hour to type and I appreciate the commitment, I will answer any questions below.
Thanks for listening to my TED talk
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Theory 1: There will be four lightners in chapter 4
As we are all aware, there are pairs of lighters for each chapter, first was Kris and Susie, next was Noelle and Berdly, and possibly Toriel and Undyne, so with that being said, there is going to be two lightners per world, I don't think so, the old release of chostwrs being 3, 4 and 5, three is said to be gimmicky and different to the other chapters, 4 being like the other avaliable chapters, and 5 for what we can expect will be like 3 where it will be gimmicky and will likely reveal us some major questions and prepare us for the endgame, so chapter 4 being something that we had seen before, it needs some sort of kick to make it as spectacular as the 3rd and 5th chapters when they release and be an improvement from 2, I believe there will be 4 lightners instead of two with a pair joining our party and the other working with the big bad, I believe these for lightners to be Noelle, Ruby, Catti and Jockington.
Let's start with the Holdidays, we not only know that "church starts tomorrow" we not only know that Rudy has a text profile, but Noelle is 1 of 3 characters that get special dialogue in the vessel maker when you put her name in, the other two being Kris and Susie, it is highly likely that Noelle will be a more important character in the future with this chapter being the one to push it, I also belive that chapter 4 will be the only chapter of the 3 being made that will have a weird route Purley because of Noelle, it could be like the evacuation route in TS Underswap where you start casting ice spells in chapter 4, or you discover ice spells more powerful than snow grave itself, it cab also lead to more information about Dess with the two being pairs that will likely be on our side.
On the other side is Catti and Jockington, these are two characters that the community is divided upon wherever they'll play a major role or not, however I have 6 reason as to why they will be in the dark world with Noelle and Rudy
- They have text profiles
- They constantly share dialogue about each other
- They are paired in chapter like how Noelle and Berdly was
- Catti having a goth-like appearance and was confirmed to summon a demon with Kris, its likely that she is religious, and with church tomorrow, she could be in the dark world, and bring someone along
- Toby likes Jockington and iirc he said he was disappointed about the community not doing much with him, him being a major role in the game however will make people care
- There have rooms in Queens Mansion, it's likely they are referenced in a prophecy like Kris and Susie, so Queen made rooms for them just in case, and the spelling of "Catty" instead of "Catti" would probably be Queen just changing it to fit better without knowing that Catti has a sister with that name
Theory 2: The chandelier will be the main antagonist in chapter 4
Assuming that the darkness world is a church, there isn't really a lot of objects that would make sense for leader, and other church villian concepts don't usually answer that question, so looking around the place I have concluded that a chandelier will be the manifestation of the main boss.
Chandeliers are very important in churches, with almost all of them having one, the church in the game is likely to have one for that reason alone, and not only that the reason for the chandelier as they represent wealth, power and elegance, which could be a way to predict the character, and we know that the other villian were powerful based on their ruke of the land, and with the chandelier being big, it can match the pattern of the main bosses where they as of now, they are double the size of Kris, it is likely a chandelier character will be double the size as well.
And to add on, in my opinion the chandelier in the church is equivalent to the tv in the house, and since there is a lot of people who think the chapter 3 villian will be a tv guy of some sorts, the chandelier is the chapter 4 equivalent to that, and for a little bonus theory here, the villian area will be a temple, because of religion and references to other games that use temples, primarily Zelda.
In conclusion, big gothic chandelier with fire head and arms will try and stop the fun gang on their tracks.
Theory 3: We will learn more about the angle in chapter 4
In the light world, the church worships a single angle that is the symbol of the church and religion in the game, I am willing to think that the angle will play a big part in the game whoever it is, but since in the light world it is worshipped, what would happen if the building that follows that worshipping is manifested into a dark world.
I have never seem a lot of people discuss what the role of the church will be, I believe that the darkners worship the angle more than the lightners in quantity and more regularly, it is in the chapter where we find more about the angle and who they may possibly be since we will not get any dark world lore in chapter 3, I believe we will here more from the main antagonist of chapter 4 as Queen has done to the Knight.
In chapter 1, we are told that there is a Knight making dark fountains and a angle, which plays a big role in the prophecies, in cheater 2 we learn more about the Knight specifically, which is why the community has be trying to scrape as much information as possible about the identity since the Knight had a spotlight in the chapter, so assuming I am correct, the same will happen in chapter 4 but with the angle, where we will get told about them and what they do, I am willing tk bet that Ralsei will tell us another prophecy at the end of the chapter like with the Deltarune and the Roaring, where we are revealed more about the darkness lore.
In conclusion, angle will be referenced a lot in chapter 4
Conclusion:
If you had read my theories thank you, they had took an hour to type and I appreciate the commitment, I will answer any questions below.
Thanks for listening to my TED talk
2024.05.16 17:05 LaChazzz Ruby/Amethyst in Set 4 - Thoughts?
Given that Emerald-Steel seems to be getting even stronger, that many of the other color combinations are also getting more tools, and that some ones will most likely pop up (ambeemerald looking strong!).. I'm curious what everyone thinks will happen to Ruby/Amethyst?
It's been a staple and very consistent throughout the last sets, and it's also getting some new and interesting cards. Do we think it will remain at the top, or will it need to undergo a big transition for that? If yes, more aggro, more control, more locations? Or is it doomed to fall off the meta ultimately?
I'm curious to hear on everyone's opinions!
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It's been a staple and very consistent throughout the last sets, and it's also getting some new and interesting cards. Do we think it will remain at the top, or will it need to undergo a big transition for that? If yes, more aggro, more control, more locations? Or is it doomed to fall off the meta ultimately?
I'm curious to hear on everyone's opinions!
2024.05.16 16:03 strawberrywhisk Here's my opinion about the Maxton Hall TV series as a rich man/poor girl trope enthusiast!
Hi everyone! I'm a 28F who just discovered the series a few days ago and and here's my honest opinion:
As an asian woman who grew up inhaling CDrama/KDrama/JDrama/ even Bollywood dramas, etc on a daily basis, I think Maxton Hall has a very, very eerily similar trope compared to Asian dramas. I'm not saying that it's bad at all! In fact, I find it very interesting to watch.
The reason why I say that it's similar to the Asian dramas I've watched is because I can almost always predict what's going to happen next, as the plot is always a stereotype in every Asian drama. A crazy popular, dirty rich, handsome young man falls in love with the brilliantly smart, yet economically poor girl in school because she is the only one who doesn't find him attractive and ends up actually liking him for who he is (and not for his family's wealth). If you've ever heard of Meteor Garden from a CDrama, you'll know what I mean ;)
But despite having the same stereotype, I stil enjoy the series immensely! Not only because of the great acting, but also how it was delivered. I don't think it's common in the western country medias where they have this kind of trope but the way the series uses a very widely known stereotype and still hits it, is so refreshing to watch. The tension between Ruby and James, all the side characters stories, the rich yet ruthless parents and the poor yet loveable parents, I've watched it all in Asian Dramas but in Maxton Hall, it's nice to have them be enemies for not too long, like how in KDrama they can be enemies for 12 episodes long with an hour duration each! Maxton Hall has a nice pace :D
Overall, I'm so excited for the second season to come! Would love to hear what you guys think and which scene is your favourite??
Edit: Some misspellings and forgot to mention my favourite scene where James had his monologue after Ruby apologized to him where he said, "It's precisely the moment when two kings bow to each other, that shows true greatness." BRO. Kid you not I was kicking the air like I'm back being a teenage girl!!!
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As an asian woman who grew up inhaling CDrama/KDrama/JDrama/ even Bollywood dramas, etc on a daily basis, I think Maxton Hall has a very, very eerily similar trope compared to Asian dramas. I'm not saying that it's bad at all! In fact, I find it very interesting to watch.
The reason why I say that it's similar to the Asian dramas I've watched is because I can almost always predict what's going to happen next, as the plot is always a stereotype in every Asian drama. A crazy popular, dirty rich, handsome young man falls in love with the brilliantly smart, yet economically poor girl in school because she is the only one who doesn't find him attractive and ends up actually liking him for who he is (and not for his family's wealth). If you've ever heard of Meteor Garden from a CDrama, you'll know what I mean ;)
But despite having the same stereotype, I stil enjoy the series immensely! Not only because of the great acting, but also how it was delivered. I don't think it's common in the western country medias where they have this kind of trope but the way the series uses a very widely known stereotype and still hits it, is so refreshing to watch. The tension between Ruby and James, all the side characters stories, the rich yet ruthless parents and the poor yet loveable parents, I've watched it all in Asian Dramas but in Maxton Hall, it's nice to have them be enemies for not too long, like how in KDrama they can be enemies for 12 episodes long with an hour duration each! Maxton Hall has a nice pace :D
Overall, I'm so excited for the second season to come! Would love to hear what you guys think and which scene is your favourite??
Edit: Some misspellings and forgot to mention my favourite scene where James had his monologue after Ruby apologized to him where he said, "It's precisely the moment when two kings bow to each other, that shows true greatness." BRO. Kid you not I was kicking the air like I'm back being a teenage girl!!!
2024.05.16 12:35 ApprehensiveRub832 There's this one girl...
She is beautiful, truly beautiful. The first time I saw her was about a month ago, we were waiting for a bus together as we occasionally looked at each other up and down, analyzing each other, as we happened to admire each other's eyes a few times. She didn't really leave an impression on me the first time, as I frequently observe people around me, how they act and dress. I just happened to see her the second time yesterday, and she was shining as a bright emerald in the middle of a cave, light scattered around her, her lips were the color of bright ruby, I could see waterfalls crashing onto moss-covered rocks in her eyes. I could see she also noticed me, as she was frequently looking through my brown eyes. I know nothing about her, other than that she lives in my hood.
Dear readers, what should I do? I haven't been the same since that day; I can't recognize my true self anymore, I have changed drastically. I have an anticipation we will meet again and I condemn my mistake of not approaching her while I had a chance.
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Dear readers, what should I do? I haven't been the same since that day; I can't recognize my true self anymore, I have changed drastically. I have an anticipation we will meet again and I condemn my mistake of not approaching her while I had a chance.
2024.05.16 09:09 lurkertech Connections between Ruby, The Colasanto Family, and the Trickster
>! The post today mentioned that Ruby's song is the same as the Tricker's motif in the Sara Jane Adventures. But the connections actually go further than that. In "Space Babies" one of the crew that resigns in protest is Lucia Colasanto. In Turn Left, Rocco Colasanto and his family were assigned to the same house as Donna's family after the Trickster brigade alters time and creates a parallel dimension. Finally, in the Torchwood episode Immortal Sins, Angelo Colasanto became a lover to Jack Harkness after stealing his visa. Together they discover the brain Parasite the Trickster's brigade was planning on using on Franklin D. Roosevelt. In the 60th Anniversary specials, the Fourteenth Doctor kept asking why his face came back, after the regeneration from the Thirteenth Doctor. I think the Trickster Brigade is manipulating the Doctor's timeline and the bi-generation seen at the end of the Giggle was a result of the Trickster's meddling. Possibly creating a split in reality where there are two doctors, and the line between reality and fiction is so thin, the Doctor and Maestro can break the fourth wall. They've been shown to have the ability to create parallel dimensions as in Turn Left, as well as Whatever Happened to Sara Jane?, and attempted to in Immortal Sins before being foiled by Jack. We already know RTD was planning on making Sky was intended to have the Trickster's essence in her. What if this was Ruby instead? The Doctor was scanning Ruby at the end of Space Babies. I think this is pretty solid evidence for the return of the Trickster at least. !<
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2024.05.16 07:31 RationalSchizo812020 Kanye and Kendrick vs Drake and The Diddler: A Conspiracy
Written 5/8/2024- updates attached below
I tried posting this on kendrick almost a week ago and it got no response, I messaged the mods to ask about Karma restrictions or account age requirements and they never replied. I made a new account and it was the same issue, but I found out last night I wasnāt fully banned, so I figured Iād throw it up and see if anyone finds it valuable. Itās written for people who have no prior knowledge of the rap game/music business. I donāt have to go as hard on obscuring names this time. One of the influencers I mentioned in my last post is known for doxxing and threatening violence against people who mention the many contradictions in their stories. (Sorry for any typos/mistakes I want to go to bed.)
Origins
I believe the current Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef is either completely or partially fabricated by certain industry leaders or the parties involved in an effort to distract from something bigger going down behind the scenes. If you were an influential label owner facing major accusations, and you needed to deflect media attention from yourself, recreating one of the most defining moments in rap history during the social media era would be a way to do it. It also wouldnāt hurt that two of the biggest rappers in the world were already sending shots at each other in their music for years prior. The public consensus is they are simply two famous rappers who hate each other and fighting over the spot for the top like in the 90ās. Only people who were directly involved could paint a more cohesive picture of the whole story. Even when all the cards drop, there is a good chance the average person wonāt be able to find direct sources on their own and will continue to support their favorite artists and dismiss any evidence of their crimes like the drizzy subreddit or Ak fans.
As I said the beef between Kendrick and Drake has been brewing in the background for years, with both rappers sending shots and sneak dissing each other over the course of at least 8 years. The most agreed upon origin story is the first diss was the 2016 Big Sean and Kendrick collaboration, āControl,ā and Drake responded with, āThe Languageā. Things stayed relatively lighthearted for a while and both were intentionally vague for many years. Before I go deep into the Kendrick and Drake stuff, itās really important to examine some of Drakeās prior beefs because they add a ton of context to my theory. In my opinion Kendrick and Co. started scheming all of this some time around Mid 2020-Mid 2022, well after the whole Pusha T beef had transitioned into the Kanye beef.
What exactly started the beef is debatable, but at the time many attributed it to rumors of Drake pursuing Yeās ex Amber Rose. Unfortunately the timeline isnāt 100 percent clear, and if I included every detail this would be at least 200+ pages so Iāll stick with the important stuff. The ultimate outcome of the Pusha T battle in 2018 was the revelation of Drakeās son Adidon that he had previously been hiding from the world along with getting Ye directly involved in the beef.
Here are some more examples of Drake antagonizing Ye and of him trying to use women as pawns to get material for his diss tracks. The Drake line, āYeah, I probably go link to Yeezy, I need me some Jesus, but as soon as I start confessin' my sins, he wouldn't believe us," could be a reference to sleeping with Kim Kardashian, trying to double down on his threats to harm him or his family, or it could be a double entendre. Another example is using the name Kiki in another song, which was apparently one of Kimās nicknames. Some other possible examples include the theories he may have tried the same thing with Kendrickās wife Whitney around 2020-2021 in an attempt to use as ammo against Kendrick, which Iāll go into later. I donāt listen to much of either artist's music, but there are probably many of other examples in Drakeās catalogue that Iām leaving out. There is also his song Omerta released in 2019, which I'll go into below.
āYour baby mother call me when she lonely My tailor see me twice a week, he like my homie Forever grateful, forever thankful Diamond necklace, but she wears it on her ankleā
(Probably referring to Kim Kardashian since she had a few pictures with her wearing diamond ankle bracelets and was trying to make it into a trend.
āI plan to buy your most personal belongings when they up for auctionā
(There were various rumors floating around for a while that Drake was blackmailing Ye with something and he was fighting to keep it from the public. I thought about it and this line might be referencing a sex tape with Kim or her little sister who me was very touch before she turned 18. In 2022 there was a whole storyline on Kimās show where Ye flies to LA to prevent her second sex tape from being released.)
West Hollywood, know my presence is menacing
Cosa Nostra, shady dealings
Racketeering, the syndicate got they hand in plenty things The things that we've done to protect the name are unsettling But no regrets, though, the name'll echo Years later, none greater
Death to a coward and a traitor, that's just in my nature, yeah
(Drake and Ye both frequented the Delilah Nightclub located in West Hollywood and lived closeby on the same street for a while.)
"I don't carry cash 'cause the money is digital
It's the American Expresser, the debt collector"
(Sounds a lot more like it could be crypto to launder or send large amounts of ill gotten gains. It started becoming mainstream around them)
"Last year, niggas really feel like they rode on me
Last year, niggas got hot 'cause they told on me
I'm 'bout to call the bluff of anybody the fold on me"
These lines stood out because they could be referring to Ye telling the public about Drake's alleged threats a couple months before the songs release. This happened not long after the release of Sicko mode which was towards the end of 2018 as well. Ye was discussing the incident on Twitter and reached out to Drake and Travis to talk to him in private. In the next set of tweets Kanye publicly accused Drake of threatening him and his family in a major way. Surprisingly Ye seemed genuinely scared and amongst his, ācrazy rants,ā some of the stuff he said makes a ton of sense in hindsight. This also the beginning of his second serious public struggles with Bipolar disorder after being committed in 2016 shortly after an on stage rant where he calls out Jay Z for selling out and says he's afraid he might kill him.. As someone who shares the same diagnosis, I have a pretty good understanding of mania and psychosis and firmly believe that it's important not to write people off right away due to their mental illness. Some of my most thoughtful, creative, and productive periods were inspired by mania. Industry bigwigs have also been using mental illness to discredit influential black celebrities and visionaries going back decades, but it really picked up in the 80ās.
Dave Chappelle has gone into this a lot in the past and claims he experienced something similar before he quit show business and dipped to Africa. Their stories have a lot of interesting parallels if youāre familiar or curious. I remember he actually visited Ye at his house in Wyoming after he was reported to have had a, "mental breakdown," during his presidential run in 2020 thus marking his third breakown in six years.. The reason I put it in quotes is because it happened right after he publicly accused Kim of cheating and delivered his legendary speech on abortion. Dave went as far as going on live tv and telling the public he wasnāt crazy, he was just really struggling because he was the only one at the time fighting against the narrative, which can often be a suicide mission or a ticket to obscurity. These are three examples of someone speaking up and being deemed crazy, two years later came the nazi stuff and I'm sure we'll have plenty in store for 2024.
This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the very common pattern of artists dying or having their careers destroyed either after they try to leave their label or threaten to reveal industry secrets. A few more interesting industry connections I made in my research include the connections between:
T.U.G. records and J Cole's independent label Dreamville are both managed by Interscope Records, whose parent company is Universal Music Group.
Universal Music Group also hac Drake's label OvO label as well as Ye and Kendrick's old labels on their roster before they left to form their own independent labels in 2022 (around the same time the disses between Kendrick and Drake started escalating). Finally Bad Boy Records, which is owned by Diddy, and Motown Records who own Diddy's other R&B label Love Records, are also both owned by Universal. This means every label I mention is currently or was previously owned by Universal Music Group.
Ye tried for years to get out of his contract with Defjam, which happens to be ran by Jay Z who is known to be a close associate of Diddy. Jay would always used his money and power to fight against it. Ye even spoke out publicly on a few occasions, including when he said Jay Z was trying to kill him during one of his concerts. My theory is after years of getting nowhere and having his reputation skewered, in 2022 Ye finally said, "Fuck it," and dropped all the anti- Semetic stuff intentionally in a successful attempt to force his label to into using their morality clause, which requires labels to drop an artist if they're accused of any major controversy that could hurt the labelās profits. For the fourth time in four years the media reported he was having a breakdown. Even though they tried to punish him by cutting off all of his sources of income and freezing his accounts he still managed to bounce back pretty quickly. It was often reported how much he was losing, but it rarely discussed how he still was filthy rich in spite of the retrictions. His label wanted to discourage other artists from trying the same thing. My theory is he might have bought Kim or Kylie's alleged sex tape and used it for his own leverage. For Kendrick, his transition to his independent label ApLang went a lot smoother, but he had to split ownership of his new label with the previous manager owner Dave Free. Sadly it's still difficult for new or more niche artists to establish themselves without the some help.
He may be a lot of things but Ye isnāt dumb just because he has a mood disorder and the guys at the top know this, which is why I think he has really played up his diagnosis when it benefitted him. Heās still one of the most talented musicians in the game and I really think he sees his bipolar like a superpower as he says. Itās like his own invisibility cloak. He can go off his meds for a little, make an album after staying up for 72 hours, go on a āpsychoticā twitter rant dropping facts throughout, then start up again once he makes enough news headlines. I think itās worth noting the first divorce rumors in 2020 coincided with Yeās abortion speech during his presidential run and the cheating accusations. that led to him dropping out and moving to Wyoming, and a couple months ago in February 2024 he was committed again.
The point Iām making is bipolar is complex, but pretty manageable especially if you have a ton of money to find meds that work for you and a good doctor and can keep substance abuse and stress at a manageable level. I think Ye is smart enough to know this, but itās just safer for him to really play up the mental issues in the media. Heās proven he can literally say whatever he wants after getting cancelled and the average person is just going to write it off as psycho babble. While bias in health care is a sad fact of society, if you can use it to your advantage I say go for it. It mightāve just kept the microscope off of him long enough to plan his attack.
Ye v. Drake: Quotes of 2018
(Start of the beef, drake threats, and suspicion towards Kardashian family. )
ā Itās not about rap. Itās about family. We have to be close as a family and never let these people infiltrate just for radio spinsā
āWe need to show the world that people can talk without people ending up dead or in jail.ā
āThis is a man speaking to a man that has been placed in the program to fuck with Kanye West head and set me upā
āSee when you care about your family you donāt let no man push you to do nothing that could risk your freedomā
These first four tweets by Ye were all in reference to perceived threats made by Drake after their beef escalated circa 2018. He began speaking on the industry and talking more about his psych hospital commitment two years prior and how he thought they were going to kill him. It's pretty obvious how the whole thing was planned by the sketchy doctor who called it in and his physical trainer who has a ton of connections to weird shit involving his celebrity clients.
I found interesting that Ye might not have been the first major league rapper whose life Drake threatened. During a similar period of mental illness the up and coming rapper XXXtentacion accused Drake of stealing his flow and dissed him a few times. Not long after he made a post online saying if he dies, it was Drake who did it. There are tons of conspiracies online, but none of the evidence is strong enough to draw a definitive connection. Also while it maybe be coincidental, Kendrickās latest album Mr Morale also painted the picture that Kendrick was dealing with some serious personal issues. Some lines throughout the album may have been used to bait Drake into escalating, but it wasnāt until The Weekend, Future, and Metro Booming dropped, āWe Donāt Trust You,ā then Drake and J. Cole dropped, āFirst Person Shooter,ā which was followed a couple days later with, āLike That,ā where Kendrick started the chain of events that has led us to today.
Kanye vs. Drake: Quotes of 2020
Summary: Ye runs for president and gets suppressed for saying what very well could be the truth and was immediately deemed insane by the media. Kim did a couple interviews and everything he said was immediatly false. There is almost guarenteed to be some sketchy shit going down revolving her and her family. Ye was absolutely terrified of her keeping the kids away from him and it seems like there are still efforts being made to this day to paint a certain image of him for ulterior motives.
Below are six more quotes from a fan taking a deep dive into his 2020 tweets courtesy of u/ thehatstore42069 on Yeezy
āNORTHY I AM GOING TO WAR AND PUTTING MY LIFE ON THE LINE AND IF I AM MURDERED DONāT EVER LET WHITE MEDIA TELL YOU I WASNT A GOOD MAN,ā West, 43, wrote in the tweet, adding, āWHEN PEOPLE THREATEN TO TAKE YOU OUT OF MY LIFE JUST KNOW I LOVE YOUā
"I need a public apology from J Cole and Drake to start with immediately... I'm Nat Turner... I'm fighting for us."
"the utmost respect for all brothers" and said "we need to link and respect each other... no more dissing each other on labels we don't own"
"Ye is constantly trying to tell people that his family does not have his or his kids best interests at heart. He goes on to list others, linking them together with the thinking emoji. These people include rap artist Drake and Larsa Pippen, wife of Scottie Pippe. Kim K is goddaughter to Pippen's daughter, showing how close the families actually are. All of these families that associate with Ye through Kardashian connections, as well as Drake, have been accused of the same thing Kris has. EVERY SINGLE ONE of these people have mixed race children that are groomed from a young age to fuck around with celebrities so the parents can remain famous. Drake on numerous occasions has been accused of grooming girls and then getting handsy on their 18th birthday.ā
āThese labels want their artists to make them money and they dont care about anything else. When Kanye says things like this in an attempt to expose him, the first thing they wanna do is drug him up and put him back in the studio.ā
āRighteous indignation is typically a reactive emotion of anger over mistreatment, insult, or malice of another. It is akin to what is called the sense of injustice. This is how they keep the black man down. Keep people outraged about trivial things and distract them from the real issues in the world. The real problems in the industry. If you tell people enough times that they are unequal or discriminated against they start to believe it. Drug them when they step out of line and toss them aside when the checks run out. Ye is realizing he is pawn in a bigger game, and now that he has all these roots in the game such as Yeezy or the Gap or his music, too many people cant risk (Afford) a Ye who speaks his mind.ā
(End of quotes)
Amongst the twitter rant, Ye warned about the predatory nature of record deals and discussed trying to get out of his own deal, and said again how his life may be in danger if it wasnāt already and was doing anything he could to protect his kids. The most fascinating part to me though is the public call to arms he made to Drake, J Cole, and Kendrick on twitter. After inviting them to all link up, he said, āItās time to get free, we will not argue amongst each other while some guy we donāt know in Europe is getting paid and putting that money in a hedge fund.ā I believe if Ye was able to pull off this meeting, there is an ever so slight chance that all four artists might be working together to take down a greater enemy. Weirdly there have been times throughout the last couple years where these supposed enemies were photographed together being friendly or praise each other in interviews, then out of no where the disses would start flying again.
To wrap things up I want to share my a few of my theories about the Drake/Kanye beef
A. Everything is exactly as it seems and the beef is over. Ye let his mental illness ruin his life and career so Drake simply picked another target after Ye stopped putting out disses. All of these connections are just a coincidence and all of this was choreographed to boost Drake and Kendrickās music sales and possibly distract people from the Diddy trial and possibly the complicated geopolitical issues currently facing the U.S.
C. There is also the possibility that all four rappers are in cahoots and Drakeās dirt isnāt as extreme as people are theorizing, at least in comparison to the rest of the business. This could explain why everything has played out like a movie and how they were able to predict each otherās moves so well. This could either mean theyāre all just trying to boost their sales or theyāre all trying to take down the āslave masters,ā as Ye calls them, and change the dynamic of the music industry in favor of the artist.
D. They may be trying to help their friends in the industry who are being abused or in shitty contracts. I know a lot of famous rappers have done a lot of collaborations with Jhene Aiko and Anderson Paak, who were both signed to T.U.G. records which I mentioned above in the connections to Universal Music Group. Considering they are both frequent collaborators with all of the artists involved on both sides, itās not unlikely they may have played some part in influencing the takedown.
T.U.G was started by Chris Stokes with his partner Ketrina Askew. Back in the early to mid 90ās were gaining popularity attracting lots of young up and coming talent. They often collaborated with Diddy and his associates. In the 2000ās Raz B from the boy band B2K claimed he was molested by Stokes and his friend Marques Houston, then quickly retracted his claims. Years later he came forward again and said we was bribed into silence and that the rest of the victims were bribed with hush money and had another singer corroborate his story and they came forward together to level the accusations. After some of his former B2K members made fun of him for his claims and accused it of being a shakedown, Raz B revealed Stokes and Houston had preyed a lot of the children associated with the label including at least one of the former bandmates and paid them off.
I thought it was worth noting that the second whistleblower named Quindon Tarver died young in a car crash after mentioning his abuse again a few years prior. He seems to have left the industry not long after the incidents occurred and has few credits to his name. To this day Raz B is still trying to get his justice, while Stokes and his partner Askew, who was also involved in the abuse are still running the label to this day. Askew also has a ton of lawsuits, accusing her of using shady tactics to try to foreclose on houses. (Donāt quote me if a lawyer wants to take a look just google her full name), and has been tied to a ton of LLCs, similar to Drake. This is a good example of a shitty record deal, but I'm sure they have countless other friends in the industry who have even worse. While they were never convicted even Chris Stokes' wife confirmed it to be true.
E. The theory I personally think fits the narrative best and is the most realistic conspiracy is that Kendrick and possibly J. Cole went to the meeting, but not Drake due to his close relationship with Lucian Grange, the president of Drakeās label. Silence often speaks louder than words and this could explain why Kendrick was so ruthless and put so much effort into finding dirt on Drake. Ye, Cole, and Kendrick co-writing would be like the rap allstar team and if J. Cole wasnāt involved, it would also answer the question of whether or not he baited Drake into the battle by asking him to feature. I donāt think Drake is really their primary target though, which would explain letting him off easy. Compared to his bosses and their bosses heās a small fish. If you take the big guys down you stand a better chance of landing a bigger blow on their operation.
Another really interesting connection is Kendrick and Ye were both signed under Universal Music Group and they both got out of their deals around couple months apart in 2022. As we speak U.M.Gās CEO Lucian Grange, who is often acccused of giving Drake special treatment, is facing charges related to sex trafficking by no other than P Diddy. This could very well explain the timing of it all. The craziest timeline would be Diddy masterminding all of this and using his connections to get it done and all the allegations are bullshit. The guy does seem pretty confident all things considered and constantly posts himself in his Batman costume which could mean heās a vigilante.
It seems like there's a slight religious angle as well. (Ye and Diddy are both very vocal advocates of Christianity and Drake and Lucian Grange are both Jewish.) Obviously this is a reach, but theyāve been saying rap music was specifically promoted by mostly white label owners in the 80ās to help in the ongoing effort to expedite the systematic oppression of those living in black neighborhoods and the destruction of their family systems. Apparently it was an intentional decision to heavily promote rappers that promoted the very things that were destroying their neighborhoods. (So people know I'm and atheist and have zero agenda, I just thought it was interesting, please stay away from anything antisemitic. War is wrong on both sides.)
*** If my favorite theory is true, there is a possibility the Kendrick and Ye are going after Drake due to their mutual disdain for him and because heās got a ton of power to dominate the charts and hog the radio airtime like Meek Mill and OG Maco claimed years ago. Even him dropping a record the same day as you could really fuck your album sales up. Iām also sure some of the many rumors throughout the years have had a least some truth and he will most likely snitch to avoid cell block one. I think that Drake could have been instructed to instigate this whole mess in order to draw attention away from the UMG charges brought about by Diddy. Or on the other hand it could be that Kendrick, Ye, and possibly Cole, may have had intel that Drake was going to be involved in the Diddy trial and are just gonna let the receipts show themselves. It might not have been the original plan, but theyāve already accomplished their mission of humiliating him, assuring he couldnāt use his influence to slide through the cracks, and taking over the throne.
Please take everything I say with a grain of salt I have no connection to this world or lifestyle. Regardless I believe all of the knowledge above does a pretty solid job at painting a picture of what may have let up to this and what may have been the source.
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More details found the last couple daysā¦
Drake and Diddy Connections+Coincidences
Drake- In the P Diddy wig video from 2016 he talks about going to party with Drake, Cash, and The Weeknd in Toronto. Drake is also one of Birdmanās protĆ©gĆ©es who is known for being a predator and is rumored to have used label artists to lure young women.
Travis Scott- Interview where he comes out and says Diddy tried to lure him. Still has a long history of associating with him, video of him running from Diddy, his connection to Ruby Rose while underage.
Tim Westwood- Diddy had connections with sex offender Tim Westwood who also inspired the Drake song, āWestwoodā. They also both were victims of drive by shootings along with The Weekend and they were all facing some type of allegations.
T.I.- Also has been associate with Diddy through the years, in 2021 his kid died and 11 women can forward at the same time to accuse him and his wife of drugging and assaulting them. Clearly someone wanted to fuck his life up. Possibly due to him getting arrested so many times for wild shit and people wondering how he continued to get away with it shining a light on how powerful industry lawyers are. He also had recently talked about having a gynecologist check to see if his daughter is still a Virgin, which sounds like it could have been an industrty secret. Could have been because he worried about someone trying to take advantage of her to get to him? Regardless that shit is fucking insane.
50 Cent- Has been saying pretty much the same thing as Travis Scott and has trolled Diddy for most of his career. It came out that his wife was a sex worker who was possibly recruited Diddy to help ruin his career. It sort of worked, which raises the question if 50 Cent is the only victim.
Ray J- Him and his sister worked with T.U.G. records when they were very young. Chris Stokes in the nineties who had connections with Diddy. He has been involved in a lot of sex scandals and allegedly may have played a part in Whitney Houston's death. (Which is also allegedly connected to Michael Jackson's death and both were deemed suspicious and happened during their final tours when their masters (song rights), became more valuable than their lives. Sony Records and Tommy Motolla, who also abused Mariah Carey when she was trying to start her career. These are just a few of the alleged examples of labels taking out musicians when they were worth more dead, another is the signing of high risk artists and requiring them to get life insurance so they can profit beyond releasing all their posthumous records. Also the ever so common story of the rising star artist that die at 21 after their first album or two.
He also partied with Diddy in Vegas with along Floyd Mayweather and a bunch of other famous industry people and athletes.
Tory Lanez- Tons of blackmail, also was signed by Interscope under UMG. got sent to prison for ten years after trying to leave his label. Also history of SA and and other allegations of violence towards women.
French Montana- On Diddy's label, close with Rick and Khaled, tons of drug and sexual assault allegations, also dated a Kardashian. Generally grimy.
DJ Khaled- Diddy said he could get anything in Miami, either referring to drugs or women, could explain his connections and lack of any notable talent. (New update, he was one of the first to promote Chris Alvarezās instagram not long after he turned 18).
Rick Ross- Diddy said some weird shit about him and licked his lips and kissed him at a show. Ross is also signed to Bad Boy under Diddy. He ended up getting involved in the current feud and spamming social media nonstop dissing and threatening Drake.
A lot of the back and forth was both of them threatening to release dirt on each other. One strange coincidence I found was Drake recently trolled Ross about the 20 million dollar renovation to his home on Star island, where Diddy is currently residing. Itās rumored back in the day that P Diddy was caught in a room full of rich guys on ecstasy possibly at the beginning stages of a gay orgy. Drake also mentioned in the same tweets about Rick Ross that Birdman owned a house on the island and asked Rick Ross why he didnāt help him out.
Considering Ross is so sketchy and Drake claims the house isnāt that big, thatās a ridiculous amount of money. He may be covering up evidence, or creating tunnels in his house to escape if shit pops off and Drake might know whatās good. Interestingly enough Ross is very close with French Montana and also signed to Bad. He said his beef was related to something involving French, and Drakeās tweet popped up the same day the info came out concerning the Chris Alvarez stuff.
The famous line from U.O.E.N.O.
Meek Mill- āOG Maco called himself defending his friend Quentin Miller by substantiating the ghostwriting claims and agreeing with Meek. He hit up Twitter saying, "Some of us been knew. Meek just put it in the air. Sucks to have to compete with 6 n****s and get compared toā
Meek mill also had a short beef with Drake, some disses included lines referring to TIās homie pissing on Drake at the movie theater, which is also interesting considering the current case against him. He also dropped a line saying Diddy almost got a domestic charge when he smacked Drake, which could either be saying that Drake is like a woman, or saying he was Drakeās boyfriend/sugar daddy.
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I thought it was interesting how the beef just kind of disappeared and even Meek said it didnāt seem genuine. Considering the allegations against Meek in the Diddy trial, and his rumored affair with Kim contributing to ending Kanyeās marriage, Meek Mill definitely did some dirt on him.
āNiggas frauds I told the truth, don't ask me shit
All this industry fake enemy and rap shitā
āMoney make a sucker that told look trill againā
One of the many chapters in Drake's history in which he is seen paying his way out of trouble and starting beefs randomly.
āNow when that shit went down with Chris, you wrote a checkā
This line is referring to Chris brown beef, another beef that was lost to time. All I can remember off the top was someone throwing a champagne bottle at the otherās entourage.
Ty Dolla $ign- Huge feature artist, close with Ye. Grew up in the industry and talks about growing up on the road and being in the studio with his dad and Rick James who was should have already been in prison for life for dragging, torturing, and S assaulting multiple women and children throughout his career and was himself a victim of the industry. May be part of Ye's motivation, considering their recent close working relationship.
The end.
Courtesy of,
The Randomest Moniker
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I tried posting this on kendrick almost a week ago and it got no response, I messaged the mods to ask about Karma restrictions or account age requirements and they never replied. I made a new account and it was the same issue, but I found out last night I wasnāt fully banned, so I figured Iād throw it up and see if anyone finds it valuable. Itās written for people who have no prior knowledge of the rap game/music business. I donāt have to go as hard on obscuring names this time. One of the influencers I mentioned in my last post is known for doxxing and threatening violence against people who mention the many contradictions in their stories. (Sorry for any typos/mistakes I want to go to bed.)
Origins
I believe the current Drake and Kendrick Lamar beef is either completely or partially fabricated by certain industry leaders or the parties involved in an effort to distract from something bigger going down behind the scenes. If you were an influential label owner facing major accusations, and you needed to deflect media attention from yourself, recreating one of the most defining moments in rap history during the social media era would be a way to do it. It also wouldnāt hurt that two of the biggest rappers in the world were already sending shots at each other in their music for years prior. The public consensus is they are simply two famous rappers who hate each other and fighting over the spot for the top like in the 90ās. Only people who were directly involved could paint a more cohesive picture of the whole story. Even when all the cards drop, there is a good chance the average person wonāt be able to find direct sources on their own and will continue to support their favorite artists and dismiss any evidence of their crimes like the drizzy subreddit or Ak fans.
As I said the beef between Kendrick and Drake has been brewing in the background for years, with both rappers sending shots and sneak dissing each other over the course of at least 8 years. The most agreed upon origin story is the first diss was the 2016 Big Sean and Kendrick collaboration, āControl,ā and Drake responded with, āThe Languageā. Things stayed relatively lighthearted for a while and both were intentionally vague for many years. Before I go deep into the Kendrick and Drake stuff, itās really important to examine some of Drakeās prior beefs because they add a ton of context to my theory. In my opinion Kendrick and Co. started scheming all of this some time around Mid 2020-Mid 2022, well after the whole Pusha T beef had transitioned into the Kanye beef.
What exactly started the beef is debatable, but at the time many attributed it to rumors of Drake pursuing Yeās ex Amber Rose. Unfortunately the timeline isnāt 100 percent clear, and if I included every detail this would be at least 200+ pages so Iāll stick with the important stuff. The ultimate outcome of the Pusha T battle in 2018 was the revelation of Drakeās son Adidon that he had previously been hiding from the world along with getting Ye directly involved in the beef.
Here are some more examples of Drake antagonizing Ye and of him trying to use women as pawns to get material for his diss tracks. The Drake line, āYeah, I probably go link to Yeezy, I need me some Jesus, but as soon as I start confessin' my sins, he wouldn't believe us," could be a reference to sleeping with Kim Kardashian, trying to double down on his threats to harm him or his family, or it could be a double entendre. Another example is using the name Kiki in another song, which was apparently one of Kimās nicknames. Some other possible examples include the theories he may have tried the same thing with Kendrickās wife Whitney around 2020-2021 in an attempt to use as ammo against Kendrick, which Iāll go into later. I donāt listen to much of either artist's music, but there are probably many of other examples in Drakeās catalogue that Iām leaving out. There is also his song Omerta released in 2019, which I'll go into below.
āYour baby mother call me when she lonely My tailor see me twice a week, he like my homie Forever grateful, forever thankful Diamond necklace, but she wears it on her ankleā
(Probably referring to Kim Kardashian since she had a few pictures with her wearing diamond ankle bracelets and was trying to make it into a trend.
āI plan to buy your most personal belongings when they up for auctionā
(There were various rumors floating around for a while that Drake was blackmailing Ye with something and he was fighting to keep it from the public. I thought about it and this line might be referencing a sex tape with Kim or her little sister who me was very touch before she turned 18. In 2022 there was a whole storyline on Kimās show where Ye flies to LA to prevent her second sex tape from being released.)
West Hollywood, know my presence is menacing
Cosa Nostra, shady dealings
Racketeering, the syndicate got they hand in plenty things The things that we've done to protect the name are unsettling But no regrets, though, the name'll echo Years later, none greater
Death to a coward and a traitor, that's just in my nature, yeah
(Drake and Ye both frequented the Delilah Nightclub located in West Hollywood and lived closeby on the same street for a while.)
"I don't carry cash 'cause the money is digital
It's the American Expresser, the debt collector"
(Sounds a lot more like it could be crypto to launder or send large amounts of ill gotten gains. It started becoming mainstream around them)
"Last year, niggas really feel like they rode on me
Last year, niggas got hot 'cause they told on me
I'm 'bout to call the bluff of anybody the fold on me"
These lines stood out because they could be referring to Ye telling the public about Drake's alleged threats a couple months before the songs release. This happened not long after the release of Sicko mode which was towards the end of 2018 as well. Ye was discussing the incident on Twitter and reached out to Drake and Travis to talk to him in private. In the next set of tweets Kanye publicly accused Drake of threatening him and his family in a major way. Surprisingly Ye seemed genuinely scared and amongst his, ācrazy rants,ā some of the stuff he said makes a ton of sense in hindsight. This also the beginning of his second serious public struggles with Bipolar disorder after being committed in 2016 shortly after an on stage rant where he calls out Jay Z for selling out and says he's afraid he might kill him.. As someone who shares the same diagnosis, I have a pretty good understanding of mania and psychosis and firmly believe that it's important not to write people off right away due to their mental illness. Some of my most thoughtful, creative, and productive periods were inspired by mania. Industry bigwigs have also been using mental illness to discredit influential black celebrities and visionaries going back decades, but it really picked up in the 80ās.
Dave Chappelle has gone into this a lot in the past and claims he experienced something similar before he quit show business and dipped to Africa. Their stories have a lot of interesting parallels if youāre familiar or curious. I remember he actually visited Ye at his house in Wyoming after he was reported to have had a, "mental breakdown," during his presidential run in 2020 thus marking his third breakown in six years.. The reason I put it in quotes is because it happened right after he publicly accused Kim of cheating and delivered his legendary speech on abortion. Dave went as far as going on live tv and telling the public he wasnāt crazy, he was just really struggling because he was the only one at the time fighting against the narrative, which can often be a suicide mission or a ticket to obscurity. These are three examples of someone speaking up and being deemed crazy, two years later came the nazi stuff and I'm sure we'll have plenty in store for 2024.
This is just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the very common pattern of artists dying or having their careers destroyed either after they try to leave their label or threaten to reveal industry secrets. A few more interesting industry connections I made in my research include the connections between:
T.U.G. records and J Cole's independent label Dreamville are both managed by Interscope Records, whose parent company is Universal Music Group.
Universal Music Group also hac Drake's label OvO label as well as Ye and Kendrick's old labels on their roster before they left to form their own independent labels in 2022 (around the same time the disses between Kendrick and Drake started escalating). Finally Bad Boy Records, which is owned by Diddy, and Motown Records who own Diddy's other R&B label Love Records, are also both owned by Universal. This means every label I mention is currently or was previously owned by Universal Music Group.
Ye tried for years to get out of his contract with Defjam, which happens to be ran by Jay Z who is known to be a close associate of Diddy. Jay would always used his money and power to fight against it. Ye even spoke out publicly on a few occasions, including when he said Jay Z was trying to kill him during one of his concerts. My theory is after years of getting nowhere and having his reputation skewered, in 2022 Ye finally said, "Fuck it," and dropped all the anti- Semetic stuff intentionally in a successful attempt to force his label to into using their morality clause, which requires labels to drop an artist if they're accused of any major controversy that could hurt the labelās profits. For the fourth time in four years the media reported he was having a breakdown. Even though they tried to punish him by cutting off all of his sources of income and freezing his accounts he still managed to bounce back pretty quickly. It was often reported how much he was losing, but it rarely discussed how he still was filthy rich in spite of the retrictions. His label wanted to discourage other artists from trying the same thing. My theory is he might have bought Kim or Kylie's alleged sex tape and used it for his own leverage. For Kendrick, his transition to his independent label ApLang went a lot smoother, but he had to split ownership of his new label with the previous manager owner Dave Free. Sadly it's still difficult for new or more niche artists to establish themselves without the some help.
He may be a lot of things but Ye isnāt dumb just because he has a mood disorder and the guys at the top know this, which is why I think he has really played up his diagnosis when it benefitted him. Heās still one of the most talented musicians in the game and I really think he sees his bipolar like a superpower as he says. Itās like his own invisibility cloak. He can go off his meds for a little, make an album after staying up for 72 hours, go on a āpsychoticā twitter rant dropping facts throughout, then start up again once he makes enough news headlines. I think itās worth noting the first divorce rumors in 2020 coincided with Yeās abortion speech during his presidential run and the cheating accusations. that led to him dropping out and moving to Wyoming, and a couple months ago in February 2024 he was committed again.
The point Iām making is bipolar is complex, but pretty manageable especially if you have a ton of money to find meds that work for you and a good doctor and can keep substance abuse and stress at a manageable level. I think Ye is smart enough to know this, but itās just safer for him to really play up the mental issues in the media. Heās proven he can literally say whatever he wants after getting cancelled and the average person is just going to write it off as psycho babble. While bias in health care is a sad fact of society, if you can use it to your advantage I say go for it. It mightāve just kept the microscope off of him long enough to plan his attack.
Ye v. Drake: Quotes of 2018
(Start of the beef, drake threats, and suspicion towards Kardashian family. )
ā Itās not about rap. Itās about family. We have to be close as a family and never let these people infiltrate just for radio spinsā
āWe need to show the world that people can talk without people ending up dead or in jail.ā
āThis is a man speaking to a man that has been placed in the program to fuck with Kanye West head and set me upā
āSee when you care about your family you donāt let no man push you to do nothing that could risk your freedomā
These first four tweets by Ye were all in reference to perceived threats made by Drake after their beef escalated circa 2018. He began speaking on the industry and talking more about his psych hospital commitment two years prior and how he thought they were going to kill him. It's pretty obvious how the whole thing was planned by the sketchy doctor who called it in and his physical trainer who has a ton of connections to weird shit involving his celebrity clients.
I found interesting that Ye might not have been the first major league rapper whose life Drake threatened. During a similar period of mental illness the up and coming rapper XXXtentacion accused Drake of stealing his flow and dissed him a few times. Not long after he made a post online saying if he dies, it was Drake who did it. There are tons of conspiracies online, but none of the evidence is strong enough to draw a definitive connection. Also while it maybe be coincidental, Kendrickās latest album Mr Morale also painted the picture that Kendrick was dealing with some serious personal issues. Some lines throughout the album may have been used to bait Drake into escalating, but it wasnāt until The Weekend, Future, and Metro Booming dropped, āWe Donāt Trust You,ā then Drake and J. Cole dropped, āFirst Person Shooter,ā which was followed a couple days later with, āLike That,ā where Kendrick started the chain of events that has led us to today.
Kanye vs. Drake: Quotes of 2020
Summary: Ye runs for president and gets suppressed for saying what very well could be the truth and was immediately deemed insane by the media. Kim did a couple interviews and everything he said was immediatly false. There is almost guarenteed to be some sketchy shit going down revolving her and her family. Ye was absolutely terrified of her keeping the kids away from him and it seems like there are still efforts being made to this day to paint a certain image of him for ulterior motives.
Below are six more quotes from a fan taking a deep dive into his 2020 tweets courtesy of u/ thehatstore42069 on Yeezy
āNORTHY I AM GOING TO WAR AND PUTTING MY LIFE ON THE LINE AND IF I AM MURDERED DONāT EVER LET WHITE MEDIA TELL YOU I WASNT A GOOD MAN,ā West, 43, wrote in the tweet, adding, āWHEN PEOPLE THREATEN TO TAKE YOU OUT OF MY LIFE JUST KNOW I LOVE YOUā
"I need a public apology from J Cole and Drake to start with immediately... I'm Nat Turner... I'm fighting for us."
"the utmost respect for all brothers" and said "we need to link and respect each other... no more dissing each other on labels we don't own"
"Ye is constantly trying to tell people that his family does not have his or his kids best interests at heart. He goes on to list others, linking them together with the thinking emoji. These people include rap artist Drake and Larsa Pippen, wife of Scottie Pippe. Kim K is goddaughter to Pippen's daughter, showing how close the families actually are. All of these families that associate with Ye through Kardashian connections, as well as Drake, have been accused of the same thing Kris has. EVERY SINGLE ONE of these people have mixed race children that are groomed from a young age to fuck around with celebrities so the parents can remain famous. Drake on numerous occasions has been accused of grooming girls and then getting handsy on their 18th birthday.ā
āThese labels want their artists to make them money and they dont care about anything else. When Kanye says things like this in an attempt to expose him, the first thing they wanna do is drug him up and put him back in the studio.ā
āRighteous indignation is typically a reactive emotion of anger over mistreatment, insult, or malice of another. It is akin to what is called the sense of injustice. This is how they keep the black man down. Keep people outraged about trivial things and distract them from the real issues in the world. The real problems in the industry. If you tell people enough times that they are unequal or discriminated against they start to believe it. Drug them when they step out of line and toss them aside when the checks run out. Ye is realizing he is pawn in a bigger game, and now that he has all these roots in the game such as Yeezy or the Gap or his music, too many people cant risk (Afford) a Ye who speaks his mind.ā
(End of quotes)
Amongst the twitter rant, Ye warned about the predatory nature of record deals and discussed trying to get out of his own deal, and said again how his life may be in danger if it wasnāt already and was doing anything he could to protect his kids. The most fascinating part to me though is the public call to arms he made to Drake, J Cole, and Kendrick on twitter. After inviting them to all link up, he said, āItās time to get free, we will not argue amongst each other while some guy we donāt know in Europe is getting paid and putting that money in a hedge fund.ā I believe if Ye was able to pull off this meeting, there is an ever so slight chance that all four artists might be working together to take down a greater enemy. Weirdly there have been times throughout the last couple years where these supposed enemies were photographed together being friendly or praise each other in interviews, then out of no where the disses would start flying again.
To wrap things up I want to share my a few of my theories about the Drake/Kanye beef
A. Everything is exactly as it seems and the beef is over. Ye let his mental illness ruin his life and career so Drake simply picked another target after Ye stopped putting out disses. All of these connections are just a coincidence and all of this was choreographed to boost Drake and Kendrickās music sales and possibly distract people from the Diddy trial and possibly the complicated geopolitical issues currently facing the U.S.
C. There is also the possibility that all four rappers are in cahoots and Drakeās dirt isnāt as extreme as people are theorizing, at least in comparison to the rest of the business. This could explain why everything has played out like a movie and how they were able to predict each otherās moves so well. This could either mean theyāre all just trying to boost their sales or theyāre all trying to take down the āslave masters,ā as Ye calls them, and change the dynamic of the music industry in favor of the artist.
D. They may be trying to help their friends in the industry who are being abused or in shitty contracts. I know a lot of famous rappers have done a lot of collaborations with Jhene Aiko and Anderson Paak, who were both signed to T.U.G. records which I mentioned above in the connections to Universal Music Group. Considering they are both frequent collaborators with all of the artists involved on both sides, itās not unlikely they may have played some part in influencing the takedown.
T.U.G was started by Chris Stokes with his partner Ketrina Askew. Back in the early to mid 90ās were gaining popularity attracting lots of young up and coming talent. They often collaborated with Diddy and his associates. In the 2000ās Raz B from the boy band B2K claimed he was molested by Stokes and his friend Marques Houston, then quickly retracted his claims. Years later he came forward again and said we was bribed into silence and that the rest of the victims were bribed with hush money and had another singer corroborate his story and they came forward together to level the accusations. After some of his former B2K members made fun of him for his claims and accused it of being a shakedown, Raz B revealed Stokes and Houston had preyed a lot of the children associated with the label including at least one of the former bandmates and paid them off.
I thought it was worth noting that the second whistleblower named Quindon Tarver died young in a car crash after mentioning his abuse again a few years prior. He seems to have left the industry not long after the incidents occurred and has few credits to his name. To this day Raz B is still trying to get his justice, while Stokes and his partner Askew, who was also involved in the abuse are still running the label to this day. Askew also has a ton of lawsuits, accusing her of using shady tactics to try to foreclose on houses. (Donāt quote me if a lawyer wants to take a look just google her full name), and has been tied to a ton of LLCs, similar to Drake. This is a good example of a shitty record deal, but I'm sure they have countless other friends in the industry who have even worse. While they were never convicted even Chris Stokes' wife confirmed it to be true.
E. The theory I personally think fits the narrative best and is the most realistic conspiracy is that Kendrick and possibly J. Cole went to the meeting, but not Drake due to his close relationship with Lucian Grange, the president of Drakeās label. Silence often speaks louder than words and this could explain why Kendrick was so ruthless and put so much effort into finding dirt on Drake. Ye, Cole, and Kendrick co-writing would be like the rap allstar team and if J. Cole wasnāt involved, it would also answer the question of whether or not he baited Drake into the battle by asking him to feature. I donāt think Drake is really their primary target though, which would explain letting him off easy. Compared to his bosses and their bosses heās a small fish. If you take the big guys down you stand a better chance of landing a bigger blow on their operation.
Another really interesting connection is Kendrick and Ye were both signed under Universal Music Group and they both got out of their deals around couple months apart in 2022. As we speak U.M.Gās CEO Lucian Grange, who is often acccused of giving Drake special treatment, is facing charges related to sex trafficking by no other than P Diddy. This could very well explain the timing of it all. The craziest timeline would be Diddy masterminding all of this and using his connections to get it done and all the allegations are bullshit. The guy does seem pretty confident all things considered and constantly posts himself in his Batman costume which could mean heās a vigilante.
It seems like there's a slight religious angle as well. (Ye and Diddy are both very vocal advocates of Christianity and Drake and Lucian Grange are both Jewish.) Obviously this is a reach, but theyāve been saying rap music was specifically promoted by mostly white label owners in the 80ās to help in the ongoing effort to expedite the systematic oppression of those living in black neighborhoods and the destruction of their family systems. Apparently it was an intentional decision to heavily promote rappers that promoted the very things that were destroying their neighborhoods. (So people know I'm and atheist and have zero agenda, I just thought it was interesting, please stay away from anything antisemitic. War is wrong on both sides.)
*** If my favorite theory is true, there is a possibility the Kendrick and Ye are going after Drake due to their mutual disdain for him and because heās got a ton of power to dominate the charts and hog the radio airtime like Meek Mill and OG Maco claimed years ago. Even him dropping a record the same day as you could really fuck your album sales up. Iām also sure some of the many rumors throughout the years have had a least some truth and he will most likely snitch to avoid cell block one. I think that Drake could have been instructed to instigate this whole mess in order to draw attention away from the UMG charges brought about by Diddy. Or on the other hand it could be that Kendrick, Ye, and possibly Cole, may have had intel that Drake was going to be involved in the Diddy trial and are just gonna let the receipts show themselves. It might not have been the original plan, but theyāve already accomplished their mission of humiliating him, assuring he couldnāt use his influence to slide through the cracks, and taking over the throne.
Please take everything I say with a grain of salt I have no connection to this world or lifestyle. Regardless I believe all of the knowledge above does a pretty solid job at painting a picture of what may have let up to this and what may have been the source.
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More details found the last couple daysā¦
Drake and Diddy Connections+Coincidences
Drake- In the P Diddy wig video from 2016 he talks about going to party with Drake, Cash, and The Weeknd in Toronto. Drake is also one of Birdmanās protĆ©gĆ©es who is known for being a predator and is rumored to have used label artists to lure young women.
Travis Scott- Interview where he comes out and says Diddy tried to lure him. Still has a long history of associating with him, video of him running from Diddy, his connection to Ruby Rose while underage.
Tim Westwood- Diddy had connections with sex offender Tim Westwood who also inspired the Drake song, āWestwoodā. They also both were victims of drive by shootings along with The Weekend and they were all facing some type of allegations.
T.I.- Also has been associate with Diddy through the years, in 2021 his kid died and 11 women can forward at the same time to accuse him and his wife of drugging and assaulting them. Clearly someone wanted to fuck his life up. Possibly due to him getting arrested so many times for wild shit and people wondering how he continued to get away with it shining a light on how powerful industry lawyers are. He also had recently talked about having a gynecologist check to see if his daughter is still a Virgin, which sounds like it could have been an industrty secret. Could have been because he worried about someone trying to take advantage of her to get to him? Regardless that shit is fucking insane.
50 Cent- Has been saying pretty much the same thing as Travis Scott and has trolled Diddy for most of his career. It came out that his wife was a sex worker who was possibly recruited Diddy to help ruin his career. It sort of worked, which raises the question if 50 Cent is the only victim.
Ray J- Him and his sister worked with T.U.G. records when they were very young. Chris Stokes in the nineties who had connections with Diddy. He has been involved in a lot of sex scandals and allegedly may have played a part in Whitney Houston's death. (Which is also allegedly connected to Michael Jackson's death and both were deemed suspicious and happened during their final tours when their masters (song rights), became more valuable than their lives. Sony Records and Tommy Motolla, who also abused Mariah Carey when she was trying to start her career. These are just a few of the alleged examples of labels taking out musicians when they were worth more dead, another is the signing of high risk artists and requiring them to get life insurance so they can profit beyond releasing all their posthumous records. Also the ever so common story of the rising star artist that die at 21 after their first album or two.
He also partied with Diddy in Vegas with along Floyd Mayweather and a bunch of other famous industry people and athletes.
Tory Lanez- Tons of blackmail, also was signed by Interscope under UMG. got sent to prison for ten years after trying to leave his label. Also history of SA and and other allegations of violence towards women.
French Montana- On Diddy's label, close with Rick and Khaled, tons of drug and sexual assault allegations, also dated a Kardashian. Generally grimy.
DJ Khaled- Diddy said he could get anything in Miami, either referring to drugs or women, could explain his connections and lack of any notable talent. (New update, he was one of the first to promote Chris Alvarezās instagram not long after he turned 18).
Rick Ross- Diddy said some weird shit about him and licked his lips and kissed him at a show. Ross is also signed to Bad Boy under Diddy. He ended up getting involved in the current feud and spamming social media nonstop dissing and threatening Drake.
A lot of the back and forth was both of them threatening to release dirt on each other. One strange coincidence I found was Drake recently trolled Ross about the 20 million dollar renovation to his home on Star island, where Diddy is currently residing. Itās rumored back in the day that P Diddy was caught in a room full of rich guys on ecstasy possibly at the beginning stages of a gay orgy. Drake also mentioned in the same tweets about Rick Ross that Birdman owned a house on the island and asked Rick Ross why he didnāt help him out.
Considering Ross is so sketchy and Drake claims the house isnāt that big, thatās a ridiculous amount of money. He may be covering up evidence, or creating tunnels in his house to escape if shit pops off and Drake might know whatās good. Interestingly enough Ross is very close with French Montana and also signed to Bad. He said his beef was related to something involving French, and Drakeās tweet popped up the same day the info came out concerning the Chris Alvarez stuff.
The famous line from U.O.E.N.O.
Meek Mill- āOG Maco called himself defending his friend Quentin Miller by substantiating the ghostwriting claims and agreeing with Meek. He hit up Twitter saying, "Some of us been knew. Meek just put it in the air. Sucks to have to compete with 6 n****s and get compared toā
Meek mill also had a short beef with Drake, some disses included lines referring to TIās homie pissing on Drake at the movie theater, which is also interesting considering the current case against him. He also dropped a line saying Diddy almost got a domestic charge when he smacked Drake, which could either be saying that Drake is like a woman, or saying he was Drakeās boyfriend/sugar daddy.
( If you made it to the end comment with the number 8)
I thought it was interesting how the beef just kind of disappeared and even Meek said it didnāt seem genuine. Considering the allegations against Meek in the Diddy trial, and his rumored affair with Kim contributing to ending Kanyeās marriage, Meek Mill definitely did some dirt on him.
āNiggas frauds I told the truth, don't ask me shit
All this industry fake enemy and rap shitā
āMoney make a sucker that told look trill againā
One of the many chapters in Drake's history in which he is seen paying his way out of trouble and starting beefs randomly.
āNow when that shit went down with Chris, you wrote a checkā
This line is referring to Chris brown beef, another beef that was lost to time. All I can remember off the top was someone throwing a champagne bottle at the otherās entourage.
Ty Dolla $ign- Huge feature artist, close with Ye. Grew up in the industry and talks about growing up on the road and being in the studio with his dad and Rick James who was should have already been in prison for life for dragging, torturing, and S assaulting multiple women and children throughout his career and was himself a victim of the industry. May be part of Ye's motivation, considering their recent close working relationship.
The end.
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2024.05.16 04:04 ReadsTooFarIntoDW [Prediction] The overarching meta narratives are leading somewhere, and it's concerning
Thereās going to be a lot of people who are going to dismiss me utterly because Iām āreading too far into itā and itās giving the energy of claiming the last episode of Sherlock was bad on purpose. I get all that. But Iām leaving my prediction here just on the 1% chance I happen to be right. Please don't just downvote if you disagree as that's not what the downvote button was intended for.
I utterly believe with how postmodern the show has gotten that RTD is setting the ground work here as Chibnall tried to do in The Timeless Children (only with more competent execution) to be able to bring other IPs into this universe. A lazy cheap tactic to throw as many pop culture signifiers at the audience under the guise of it creating an interesting story.
All the meta elements seem very purposeful. I know the show has been meta in the past, but only usually as throw-away quips or a quick āmerry Christmasā thatās ultimately completely inconsequential to the future of the show (also something being a precedent is not a good argument regarding its quality or viability to be used in the present).
The Doctor staring right into the camera while heās talking to the space babies as if theyāre us, the audience, in a plot where a machine brings story ideas to real life, the shoehorned ānon-diegeticā line, all the eye-rolling Maestro scenes: I genuinely will not be surprised if The One Who Waits is going to be RTDās self-insert.
I believe the show is going the same way as the multiverse saga in the MCU or even the last 3 seasons of iCarly when the show became more about being a show within a show, constant meta plots about how iCarly exists now as a cultural institution in the real world rather than sincere plots about a group of young people creating a web show. Subsequently, the show became full of Nickelodeon Sitcom Universe fan-service, this character from Drake and Josh is here now because you liked that thing, remember?
It reeks of cynicism and insincerity. I absolutely loved the scene of Ruby playing her theme and itās such a brilliant idea to have the companion be the one who composed her own theme, but I fear this is going to play into the wider meta narrative being set up for this season, and such a sincere scene will in retrospect appear hollow. The move to a more 'fantasy' basis for the show seems like an excuse to nonchalantly throw all these things in with zero regard for rational explanation.
With the reference to Star Trek, Iām starting to fear such an aforementioned story machine will bring the actual USS Enterprise into the show down the line. Or we get literal lightsabers or Thanosās infinity gauntlet being the item which saves the day (shouldnāt be hard to get Disney to sign off on that).
Iām genuinely concerned about this as it only reaps short-term benefits once the āhighā of the nostalgia-baiting eventually wears thin, and then we face true cancellation for DW.
(Also can someone explain why the first Doctor hasnāt noticed somethingās been wrong with the music since the 20s and hasnāt gone to investigate with Susan, I donāt see why 15 canāt interact with him considering 1 will just forget)
Please be respectful and try to engage in good faith, I want to hear other people's thoughts on this. I do truly hope Iām wrong about this and I have full faith Boom is going to be an all-time classic on Saturday.
If youād like more insight about where Iām coming from please read any of Mark Fisherās media critiques including on RTDās first era of Doctor Who or Capitalist Realism for how neo-liberal capitalism itself creates such media as weāre seeing likely play out within this show now.
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I utterly believe with how postmodern the show has gotten that RTD is setting the ground work here as Chibnall tried to do in The Timeless Children (only with more competent execution) to be able to bring other IPs into this universe. A lazy cheap tactic to throw as many pop culture signifiers at the audience under the guise of it creating an interesting story.
All the meta elements seem very purposeful. I know the show has been meta in the past, but only usually as throw-away quips or a quick āmerry Christmasā thatās ultimately completely inconsequential to the future of the show (also something being a precedent is not a good argument regarding its quality or viability to be used in the present).
The Doctor staring right into the camera while heās talking to the space babies as if theyāre us, the audience, in a plot where a machine brings story ideas to real life, the shoehorned ānon-diegeticā line, all the eye-rolling Maestro scenes: I genuinely will not be surprised if The One Who Waits is going to be RTDās self-insert.
I believe the show is going the same way as the multiverse saga in the MCU or even the last 3 seasons of iCarly when the show became more about being a show within a show, constant meta plots about how iCarly exists now as a cultural institution in the real world rather than sincere plots about a group of young people creating a web show. Subsequently, the show became full of Nickelodeon Sitcom Universe fan-service, this character from Drake and Josh is here now because you liked that thing, remember?
It reeks of cynicism and insincerity. I absolutely loved the scene of Ruby playing her theme and itās such a brilliant idea to have the companion be the one who composed her own theme, but I fear this is going to play into the wider meta narrative being set up for this season, and such a sincere scene will in retrospect appear hollow. The move to a more 'fantasy' basis for the show seems like an excuse to nonchalantly throw all these things in with zero regard for rational explanation.
With the reference to Star Trek, Iām starting to fear such an aforementioned story machine will bring the actual USS Enterprise into the show down the line. Or we get literal lightsabers or Thanosās infinity gauntlet being the item which saves the day (shouldnāt be hard to get Disney to sign off on that).
Iām genuinely concerned about this as it only reaps short-term benefits once the āhighā of the nostalgia-baiting eventually wears thin, and then we face true cancellation for DW.
(Also can someone explain why the first Doctor hasnāt noticed somethingās been wrong with the music since the 20s and hasnāt gone to investigate with Susan, I donāt see why 15 canāt interact with him considering 1 will just forget)
Please be respectful and try to engage in good faith, I want to hear other people's thoughts on this. I do truly hope Iām wrong about this and I have full faith Boom is going to be an all-time classic on Saturday.
If youād like more insight about where Iām coming from please read any of Mark Fisherās media critiques including on RTDās first era of Doctor Who or Capitalist Realism for how neo-liberal capitalism itself creates such media as weāre seeing likely play out within this show now.
2024.05.16 03:14 SuggestionThick9848 Savior (a short peppino x gangle story)
Another day another activity in the circus that caine created,this time they must serch for a ruby that is hidden inside of a cave
''Have fun my superstars!'' the showrunner disspear in a comical puff of smoke leaving the constantants alone
''Ok this is how we gonna do this quick so we can go back,pomni you go with me while hooha over there goes with zooble and ragatha,and cry baby be useful for once and go with the fresh meat'' the snarky purple rabbid ordered
Peppino was the new arrival that appear a few days afther pomni,he had a clay like body with the colors of white in his head that now had the shape of a chef hat and with a black body,he eyes where now one side red while the other is green,when he arrived at the circus he almost got to near abtraction,what worse than being trapped in a circus while your pizzaria is basically at the peak of dept? but luckly the chef didn't have the same fate as kaufmo
''ok gangle lets-a get this over with'' the clay chef said in a tired voice he just wanted this challenge to end so he could go back to his room and sleep to hopefully get out from this nightmare
''Peppino there is something i wa-wanted to say to you..'' the sentient mask said in a shy tone,when she saw peppino for the first time she had this fuzzy feeling of beign more safe when she is around him,now jax don't bully her so munch as he used before because almost end with peppino beating his ass,peppino din't know why he dispassed that rabbit so munch maybey he reminded him of something that has always be a peeble in his shoe
''what's-a is it spit out''
''Since i saw you,i have feel more...safe around here because of you''
''Oh grazie'' the italian middly blushed over the compliment
''bu-bu-but im not finished ok,peppino i-i-i-i have feelings for you,you are more than just i friend and i just wanted to say if you would go in a date with me OMGICAN'TBELIVEIJUSTSAIDTHAT-'' the mask then turned red like a tomatoe
''gangle-i also have feeling for-a you- but before peppino could finish his setence they heard a rumble
''Sorry to break you guys moment but the cave is kinda collapsing right now and we need to run'' the mis-mashed of shapes named zooble said to the love birds
This made a click in peppino's head,he had a quick memory like a flash back about a similar situation in a cold dungeon,sounds of clocks ticking,the smell of danger...he know what to do
the clay chef quickly grab gangle and holding it in its arms and to the surprise off the others even cain himself that was watching it peppino ran in a massive speed with its clay legs in a wheel like shape and quickly dodged all the rocks while the ribbon girl hold for dear life in its savior
as they made trough the end getting inside the portal that lead to the circus peppino took a deep breath while carefully letting gangle leave his arms,when he got his compuser he look at the circus crew looking at him with awe
''Look-a this only happen when i get-a really nervous''
''THAT WAS INCREDIBLE PEPPINO'' the rag-doll said
''I am honestly impressed fatass'' the purple rabbid said
''Thank you peppino'' the ribbon said and reward it savior with a kiss in the mouth
the italian man let out a cartoonish scream as he clay body turn all red and his faith in the ground
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''Have fun my superstars!'' the showrunner disspear in a comical puff of smoke leaving the constantants alone
''Ok this is how we gonna do this quick so we can go back,pomni you go with me while hooha over there goes with zooble and ragatha,and cry baby be useful for once and go with the fresh meat'' the snarky purple rabbid ordered
Peppino was the new arrival that appear a few days afther pomni,he had a clay like body with the colors of white in his head that now had the shape of a chef hat and with a black body,he eyes where now one side red while the other is green,when he arrived at the circus he almost got to near abtraction,what worse than being trapped in a circus while your pizzaria is basically at the peak of dept? but luckly the chef didn't have the same fate as kaufmo
''ok gangle lets-a get this over with'' the clay chef said in a tired voice he just wanted this challenge to end so he could go back to his room and sleep to hopefully get out from this nightmare
''Peppino there is something i wa-wanted to say to you..'' the sentient mask said in a shy tone,when she saw peppino for the first time she had this fuzzy feeling of beign more safe when she is around him,now jax don't bully her so munch as he used before because almost end with peppino beating his ass,peppino din't know why he dispassed that rabbit so munch maybey he reminded him of something that has always be a peeble in his shoe
''what's-a is it spit out''
''Since i saw you,i have feel more...safe around here because of you''
''Oh grazie'' the italian middly blushed over the compliment
''bu-bu-but im not finished ok,peppino i-i-i-i have feelings for you,you are more than just i friend and i just wanted to say if you would go in a date with me OMGICAN'TBELIVEIJUSTSAIDTHAT-'' the mask then turned red like a tomatoe
''gangle-i also have feeling for-a you- but before peppino could finish his setence they heard a rumble
''Sorry to break you guys moment but the cave is kinda collapsing right now and we need to run'' the mis-mashed of shapes named zooble said to the love birds
This made a click in peppino's head,he had a quick memory like a flash back about a similar situation in a cold dungeon,sounds of clocks ticking,the smell of danger...he know what to do
the clay chef quickly grab gangle and holding it in its arms and to the surprise off the others even cain himself that was watching it peppino ran in a massive speed with its clay legs in a wheel like shape and quickly dodged all the rocks while the ribbon girl hold for dear life in its savior
as they made trough the end getting inside the portal that lead to the circus peppino took a deep breath while carefully letting gangle leave his arms,when he got his compuser he look at the circus crew looking at him with awe
''Look-a this only happen when i get-a really nervous''
''THAT WAS INCREDIBLE PEPPINO'' the rag-doll said
''I am honestly impressed fatass'' the purple rabbid said
''Thank you peppino'' the ribbon said and reward it savior with a kiss in the mouth
the italian man let out a cartoonish scream as he clay body turn all red and his faith in the ground
2024.05.16 03:07 Fire-Fan17901 What If Firestar and Tiny (Scourge) Swapped Places?
Here's what I'm thinking: first, Tiny didn't believe the lie Socks and Ruby told him that unwanted kittens got thrown in the river. Detail: Tiny had a orange paw instead of a white one. Tiny went exploring, finding Tigerpaw, Thistleclaw, and Bluefur. Tigerpaw attacks Tiny, same as before. Tiny runs away, but stays with his mother and their housefolk. A few moons later, Rusty joins the Clan as Firepaw, but within a few moons he becomes tired of Dustpaw, Sandpaw, Longtail and Darkstripe bullying him, so he runs away to the Twolegplace. He becomes evil and adopts the name Fireclaw. Meanwhile, Bluestar gives up on the prophecy, but one day she comes across Tiny again, and finally notices his orange paw. She gives it some thought, then decides to try the prophecy one more time, letting Tiny join the Clan as Flamepaw. He becomes a warrior, earning the name Flameheart, mentors Bramblepaw, becomes deputy, then leader after Bluestar dies. In the Twolegplace, Fireclaw's rage at being mistreated boils up, and he recruits cats to become part of BloodClan. Then the battle with BloodClan happens and the Clans defeat BloodClan. Then the rest of the books happen, same as before, except it is Tiny, now Flamestar, that leads Thunderclan, not Firestar.
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2024.05.16 01:10 ReadsTooFarIntoDW [Prediction] The overarching meta narratives are leading to something, and it's concerning
Thereās going to be a lot of people who are going to dismiss me utterly because Iām āreading too far into itā and itās giving the energy of claiming the last episode of Sherlock was bad on purpose. I get all that. But Iām leaving my prediction here just on the 1% chance I happen to be right. Please don't just downvote if you disagree as that's not what the downvote button was intended for.
I utterly believe with how postmodern the show has gotten that RTD is setting the ground work here as Chibnall tried to do in The Timeless Children (only with more competent execution) to be able to bring other IPs into this universe. A lazy cheap tactic to throw as many pop culture signifiers at the audience under the guise of it creating an interesting story.
All the meta elements seem very purposeful. I know the show has been meta in the past, but only usually as throw-away quips or a quick āmerry Christmasā thatās ultimately completely inconsequential to the future of the show (also something being a precedent is not a good argument regarding its quality or viability to be used in the present).
The Doctor staring right into the camera while heās talking to the space babies as if theyāre us, the audience, in a plot where a machine brings story ideas to real life, the shoehorned ānon-diegeticā line, all the eye-rolling Maestro scenes: I genuinely will not be surprised if The One Who Waits is going to be RTDās self-insert.
I believe the show is going the same way as the multiverse saga in the MCU or even the last 3 seasons of iCarly when the show became more about being a show within a show, constant meta plots about how iCarly exists now as a cultural institution in the real world rather than sincere plots about a group of young people creating a web show. Subsequently, the show became full of Nickelodeon Sitcom Universe fan-service, this character from Drake and Josh is here now because you liked that thing, remember?
It reeks of cynicism and insincerity. I absolutely loved the scene of Ruby playing her theme and itās such a brilliant idea to have the companion be the one who composed her own theme, but I fear this is going to play into the wider meta narrative being set up for this season, and such a sincere scene will in retrospect appear hollow. The move to a more 'fantasy' basis for the show seems like an excuse to nonchalantly throw all these things in with zero regard for rational explanation.
With the reference to Star Trek, Iām starting to fear such an aforementioned story machine will bring the actual USS Enterprise into the show down the line. Or we get literal lightsabers or Thanosās infinity gauntlet being the item which saves the day (shouldnāt be hard to get Disney to sign off on that).
Iām genuinely concerned about this as it only reaps short-term benefits once the āhighā of the nostalgia-baiting eventually wears thin, and then we face true cancellation for DW.
(Also can someone explain why the first Doctor hasnāt noticed somethingās been wrong with the music since the 20s and hasnāt gone to investigate with Susan, I donāt see why 15 canāt interact with him considering 1 will just forget)
Please be respectful and try to engage in good faith, I want to hear other people's thoughts on this. I do truly hope Iām wrong about this and I have full faith Boom is going to be an all-time classic on Saturday.
If youād like more insight about where Iām coming from please read any of Mark Fisherās media critiques including on RTDās first era of Doctor Who or Capitalist Realism for how neo-liberal capitalism itself creates such media as weāre seeing likely play out within this show now.
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I utterly believe with how postmodern the show has gotten that RTD is setting the ground work here as Chibnall tried to do in The Timeless Children (only with more competent execution) to be able to bring other IPs into this universe. A lazy cheap tactic to throw as many pop culture signifiers at the audience under the guise of it creating an interesting story.
All the meta elements seem very purposeful. I know the show has been meta in the past, but only usually as throw-away quips or a quick āmerry Christmasā thatās ultimately completely inconsequential to the future of the show (also something being a precedent is not a good argument regarding its quality or viability to be used in the present).
The Doctor staring right into the camera while heās talking to the space babies as if theyāre us, the audience, in a plot where a machine brings story ideas to real life, the shoehorned ānon-diegeticā line, all the eye-rolling Maestro scenes: I genuinely will not be surprised if The One Who Waits is going to be RTDās self-insert.
I believe the show is going the same way as the multiverse saga in the MCU or even the last 3 seasons of iCarly when the show became more about being a show within a show, constant meta plots about how iCarly exists now as a cultural institution in the real world rather than sincere plots about a group of young people creating a web show. Subsequently, the show became full of Nickelodeon Sitcom Universe fan-service, this character from Drake and Josh is here now because you liked that thing, remember?
It reeks of cynicism and insincerity. I absolutely loved the scene of Ruby playing her theme and itās such a brilliant idea to have the companion be the one who composed her own theme, but I fear this is going to play into the wider meta narrative being set up for this season, and such a sincere scene will in retrospect appear hollow. The move to a more 'fantasy' basis for the show seems like an excuse to nonchalantly throw all these things in with zero regard for rational explanation.
With the reference to Star Trek, Iām starting to fear such an aforementioned story machine will bring the actual USS Enterprise into the show down the line. Or we get literal lightsabers or Thanosās infinity gauntlet being the item which saves the day (shouldnāt be hard to get Disney to sign off on that).
Iām genuinely concerned about this as it only reaps short-term benefits once the āhighā of the nostalgia-baiting eventually wears thin, and then we face true cancellation for DW.
(Also can someone explain why the first Doctor hasnāt noticed somethingās been wrong with the music since the 20s and hasnāt gone to investigate with Susan, I donāt see why 15 canāt interact with him considering 1 will just forget)
Please be respectful and try to engage in good faith, I want to hear other people's thoughts on this. I do truly hope Iām wrong about this and I have full faith Boom is going to be an all-time classic on Saturday.
If youād like more insight about where Iām coming from please read any of Mark Fisherās media critiques including on RTDās first era of Doctor Who or Capitalist Realism for how neo-liberal capitalism itself creates such media as weāre seeing likely play out within this show now.
2024.05.16 00:16 Necrolancer96 Summoning Kobolds At Midnight: A Tale of Suburbia & Sorcery. 200
Chapter CC
Trout's Landing.
Ruby stretched with a contented sigh. She turned her head over to where Jeb slept beside her. Or where he was when she fell asleep. She sat up and looked around the dark underground room but he wasn't here either.
"Wonder where he went."
Oh well, she thought as she stretched a few stiff muscles before hopping up and collecting their eggs. As nice as it was to sleep with them, they needed more consistent warmth. So she sat them to the side, bundled up in the still warm blanket, and departed to secure a source of fire for their eggs.
Which wasn't all that hard, she realized as her dark vision faded as the blue glow from the torches up ahead illuminated the main gathering area for the burrows. She smiled as she saw the tribe return to something familiar that she missed seeing for a while.
Several tunnels branched off towards the other cabins and already kobolds came and went from them as they began to migrate away from the chill air above for the, still cool but more comfortable, air below. As they did she could see the collections they brought back and forth. Animals, alive and dressed, were being moved down here and out of the elements for better care. As well as an easier time keeping the ever gluttonous salamanders from sneaking another meal. Scraps and salvage collected from around the lodge or while out exploring being brought down and being traded or even used to furnish the space.
Bits of wood with simple carvings were lodged into the dirt along side scraps of metal or rock with soot, mud, or crushed flower pigment to paint symbols or words on them for decoration or directions. While it wasn't the bustling forum that they once had, it gladdened her to see her tribe returning to normalcy once again.
She shook away the distracting thoughts and set her sights on some scrap of wood nearby. She darted over to the vendor, deftly avoiding a section of the ground being dug up as the kobolds dug ever deeper as they sought to expand their burrows ever more. It was in their nature to dig and burrow. While they no longer had a draconic master to excavate massive caverns and tunnels for, she wouldn't be surprised if kobold tunnels ended up expanding far past the border of the lodge itself and going far into the wild where they knew nothing about save for what little Jeb has told them.
Eventually, even this gathering area will be abandoned as the tribe moved deeper down, putting as much dirt and rock between them and whatever threats laid above. The only thing that would remain would be an assortment of traps to keep any invaders wary of going deeper than the kobolds wanted. Even then, many of the tunnels that would lead deeper would be dead-ends meant to slow or hinder any invader. Some would even be traps in and of themselves, collapsing the "tunnel" on top of even the most cautious of invader or even just blocking their escape and leaving them to die before the kobolds eventually dug out their remains and collected their gear with no trouble.
She stood before the assortment of wood and looked over the scrap. Some of it was processed lumber that looked to be from the buildings above, most was collected bits of wood from the forest though. Which was fine, she didn't need anything too big. No bartering took place. She was a leader of the tribe and it was assumed whatever she wanted was for the good of the tribe.
Even starting a warming fire for her eggs was good enough for the tribe to skip bartering and simply give her what she needed. So she collected enough wood for a nice fire and returned to her home. She sorted it into the indent in the ground that Jeb had placed their eggs in before. It would be a good place to start a heating fire for them, she thought as she finished arranging them.
She left and collected some tinder made of dried moss and grass before looking around for some stone or flint to start the fire with. But no such luck. All the stone was deeply imbedded in the dirt or was too large. She once more returned to the gathering area in search of fire. Which she quickly found in the form of the glowing blue fire that Jeb had created for the kobolds.
She shuffled a little as she stared at the dancing flame. She knew Jeb didn't like the idea of the kobolds using the blue fire. He probably wouldn't like the idea of heating their eggs with it either. She should be worried as well, she thought. But she wasn't. Staring at the flame reminded her of the vision that The Crone showed her. Of her and Jeb within a ring of flaming blue orbs. They were happy. The tribe was happy.
"He'll understand." She said as she darted and collected a piece of wood to transfer a spark from a nearby torch.
Ember in hand, she rushed back to her home. She gently eased the flame towards the bundle of wood. She yipped in shock when the flame leapt from her temporary torch and engulfed the pile! Their room burst into dancing shadows as the flames danced from their new home. So pretty, she thought as she stared at the fire. She had seen it when she would come out of their room in the old building for a break. But it seemed so mesmerizing now that it was right in front of her.
She widened the indent in the ground a little so that the eggs could receive the warmth from the fire without being too close. They might be mildly resistant to fire, but not enough to throw their eggs in a fire! Then again, she thought with worry as she held her claw out at the fire. The warmth from it isn't as strong as a normal fire it seemed. Like it was contained.
She clicked her claws in worry. She didn't want to push them too close, but they wouldn't get enough heat if they remained where they were. It would only get worse as it got colder and the cold seeped into the ground. Maybe just a little closer, she thought as she nudged the eggs closer to the fire.
The flames sputtered at the movement of air, but nothing more. She held out her claw to gauge the temperature once again. But it still wasn't enough, she thought as she clicked her claws against a nearby stone in thought. She cast a glance towards the tunnel. She could maybe see if one of the others have something to make a proper fire, she thought.
She put a claw on the eggs.
"No. That'll take too long."
She looked worryingly at the tunnel as if Jeb would appear and lambast her for even thinking what she was. She held her breath and pushed the eggs forwards. Then more. Then even more. The flames sputtered and danced as the eggs were pushed closer and closer. She could only just feel the heat as she did so. Why did the fire seem so weak, she thought as she pushed the eggs right up beside the bundle of burning wood.
Yet the fire seemed to move around the eggs, like they were doing their best to avoid touching them. Even the heat from the fire seemed to be avoiding them! Ruby growled in frustration and pushed the eggs right into the fire!
"Can you just keep them warm?!"
The fire stilled and froze as the eggs were pushed into it. As if it didn't know what to do. Then the flame roared to life once again. The balefire caressed the onyx shells as it seemed to dance across the smooth black surface of the shells. As if a barrier broke, the heat from the flame radiated outwards now. Ruby could now feel the warmth from the fire where seconds ago she felt nothing.
Ruby blinked at the eldritch flame and moved her claw to touch her eggs. She instinctively pulled back as a tongue of balefire arced in her direction. She whined in worry at possibly making a terrible mistake. She held her breath and once more reached out to caress her eggs. She bit her tongue and shut her eyes when the fire arced towards her once more.
But she didn't feel pain. No burning sensation one would get when normally sticking an appendage into a roaring fire. Instead she felt a comforting warmth. Like she felt when close to Jeb as they slept together. She cracked open an eye and found the baleful flame caressing her claw. She experimented a little by pulling her claw back, feeling as the flame seemed to latch on like it didn't want her to leave, before snapping back to its "body". She pushed her claw into the fire, further this time, all the way up to her elbow. The fire latched onto her once again and flooded her with a comforting warmth that shot straight to her core!
She turned her claw upwards and pulled back once more. She watched as the flame held on as she did so, once more refusing to leave her scales. She watched as the flame snapped once again, but this time, it broke! Instead of snapping back towards its body, she now held a burning ball of balefire in her claw!
She couldn't do magic. There were few of the tribe that could before they fled to this world. The Chief was the last among them that had any ability to harness it. Yet here she was, holding a magical fire within her claw! She watched as the flame danced and twisted in her grasp. She sucked in a breath when she watched it start to diffuse INTO her scales! The flame lessened and lessened as if it were dying, but instead the fire seeped between the cracks of her scales. She could feel it racing through her body, flooding it once more with a wave of comforting warmth.
"Den Mother?" A voice asked from the tunnel nearby.
Ruby yelped in surprise and turned towards the voice. She saw the Chief standing there watching her with a curious and amazed expression on his snout.
"Having fun?"
"Chief!? I was-"
"Playing with fire?" The Chief asked playfully as he stared at the blue fire.
She shuffled nervously as he did so. Eventually he chuckled and she began to relax.
"It's alright Den Mother. You're not the only one that Master Jeb's flame as entranced among the tribe."
"Why do you think it acts so different from normal fire?" She asked.
The Chief shrugged.
"Who knows. Perhaps it is how magic works in this world. Perhaps it is something on Master Jeb's part. Perhaps it is because our former- Kortaza, was the Keeper of Flame."
"But we never had much protection from fire before. And not any way to manipulate it." Ruby said.
The Chief sighed.
"True. I truly do not know why it is so different than normal fire. Fire is alive, yes. But this one seems almost..."
"Living?" Ruby suggested.
"Yes. Like it has a mind of its own. Though I doubt that much, perhaps it merely follows the will of Master Jeb, knowingly or not on his part." The Chief continued as he walked closer and sat down beside Ruby and watched the eggs glimmer and shine within the fire where they remained quiet for some peaceful moments.
The Chief then perked up.
"Oh! Master Jeb returned!"
"He did?! Where is he?" Ruby asked and looked around expecting to see him coming down the tunnel.
"Well, he did return. Rushed around and collected an assortment of food, and then he vanished away again. Something about a trade?" The Chief explained a little unsure.
She frowned, wonder what he was trading, she thought. Though, with the eggs now taken care of, and Jeb away for a moment. Perhaps now was the time she could see about doing something special for him. She turned to the Chief, he was more knowledgeable when it came to humans and their customs.
"Chief?" She asked.
"Yes? What is it?" He asked at the tone of her voice.
"What do you know of this world's humans?"
"Oh? What would you like to know?" He asked a little excited in being able to use his collected knowledge.
"What do humans do with those they care about?" She asked a little uncertainly.
The Chief hummed in thought and tapped his claws.
"It depends. Humans are as diverse in this world as ours. Many customs I've read about belong to different groups."
"What about the tribe that Jeb belongs to?"
The Chief hummed once more in thought and got up before darting away while calling back.
"I will check! I'm sure I have something!"
While she waited, she continued to play with fire and tend to her eggs. Since they were in the flame, they didn't need quite so studious attention as they did before. She could probably just leave them and go tend to her normal duties and not have to worry about them anymore.
Who was she fooling, she thought. Even if there was a way to hatch and tend to the eggs completely without her, she'd still want to look after them. She thought she heard Jeb mentioning something about an "electrical egg incubator" once upon a time. Whatever that was.
The Chief returned, huffing from being out of breath and holding a thickly bound tome with pages of different sizes and colors poking out of the patched bindings. He placed the heavy tome on the ground with a huff.
"This is my collection of this world's customs and knowledge. If there is something that will assist you it will be in here somewhere!"
Ruby oohed and awed as the Chief flipped open the tome and leafed through page after page of information. Some were pages from magazines, others were snippets and clippings from books, there was a few pages that contained pressed cuttings of local flora as well as a collection of small animal bones among the bindings.
They stopped on a page that read MODERN COURTING FOR THE MODERN WOMAN in bold letters on a page that felt smooth to the touch. On the cover was a gorgeous human woman wearing a sleek beautiful dress and jewelry. Ruby pointed towards the page.
"Oh this one!"
They thumbed through the pages looking for information. Most neither one of them got as it talked about stuff like make-up, libido, popular fashion, and other things that they didn't either understand or see the appeal of. Then they found a page that described how a modern woman should act. Though this seemed to confuse the both of them even more.
"Be 'dem-or' and assertive? What does 'dem-or' mean?" Ruby asked the Chief.
"I'm not sure. There are many words within that don't seem to fit." He explained.
A pattern they soon found to be common among the pages of information, much of the words would make sense but spread out among them were these spots of words that seemed just out of place. What they COULD understand still didn't make any sense either.
"Be soft yet firm? How does that work?" The Chief asked.
"If you like a potential mate why make him keep trying to win your heart?" Ruby asked equally confused.
"Modern" humans were just as confusing to them it seemed. However, among the pages of contradictory information, they were able to get SOMETHING of value! Humans like gifts. Though they both knew that and didn't really feel like these pages of "modern courting" did anything more than confuse them.
"What kind of gifts?" The Chief asked as he and Ruby tried to decipher the mess of flowery wording and nonsense.
"Jewelry, clothes, food." Ruby read off as they got the general gist of the overly convoluted wording. The pictures helped more though.
"Well! At least we found something... I think?" The Chief declared at least with a little uncertainty.
"Why did you collect all this?" Ruby asked.
"It was in a book, so I thought it was important. But it would seem that not everything in this world's books are worth keeping." The Chief stated before retrieving the tome and departing.
"Where are you going?"
"To go through my collection. It would seem that some of it is not as important as I first thought." He called out as he left.
She could hear him mumbling to himself and heard the occasional tearing as he did. Well, at least they found something, she thought as she turned towards the eggs once more. She placed a claw on the onyx shells and felt the comforting warmth of the fire as well as the warmth of the eggs. They'll be fine for now, she thought as she got up and left.
"Jewelry, clothes, and food." Ruby murmured as she went down the tunnel once again.
He was getting low on clothes, she thought. But there wasn't much around here to make some with. Though perhaps some animal hides would work? But much of what they've collected was too small for clothes of Jeb's size. Getting him food seemed redundant too. He could make his own food whenever he wished. Which left jewelry.
It was the better of the options, but they didn't have much in the way of jewelry either. No raids means no loot and the piles of treasure back in their former home wasn't exactly a priority at the time of their exodus. But then she spied the copper wire the kobolds had collected while scavenging. A copper band would be nice, she thought as she was given the piece of wiring from the scavenger.
But what else, she thought as she looked around some more. The pictures in the magazine showed jewelry that glittered with gold and diamonds and so much more that they no longer had. Nothing around here could compare, she thought dejectedly. But then she saw a group of kobolds coming down a tunnel with a collection of shells and waterlogged timber.
"What is this?" She asked them.
"Salvage from the camps up river." The kobold replied as he and the others began to sift and sort the mess.
She watched as they distributed everything they collected to the tribe that came over. Some took the waterlogged wood, others took polished stones, and others took the collection of shells. She eyed the shells. Back home, alot of the fishfolk in the rivers and around the sea collected pearls from the water. Perhaps the ones upriver also had some?
She followed after the group of kobolds that had collected the shells and assisted them in opening a few. Mussels were what was mainly here, no surprise though since it seemed they were far from this world's ocean. What was a surprise was how many pearls they actually managed to find among the mussels!
It was rare for the kobolds to find one during their fishing trips by the sea. Even among the rivers pearls were not much more common. So it surprised them that several mussels had multiple pearls within them! She was going to actually barter for potentially the single one they found, but with there being so many the shuckers didn't mind at all and gave Ruby a small handful for her project.
They weren't all that big, but that was fine by her. They'd do for what she had in mind. She borrowed a small thin metal needle from a scavenger and retreated back to her room. Copper wire and freshwater pearls in claw.
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Well, that's taken care of, Jeb thought as he appeared in the open air of the lodge. He flicked the gold and garnet band into the air and got it with a spring in his step and a tune on his lips as he made his way over to the Trap Master who stood near the river where he received reports from the salvagers.
"How's things?" He asked when he got close.
"Good. Strange. But good." The Trap Master stated as he dismissed the salvagers.
"How so?"
"The 'murlocs' you called them? Haven't returned to their former homes." He explained.
"And? Wasn't that kinda the point?"
"It was. But there isn't any sign of anything else other than birds flocking to the area."
"Again, wasn't that the point?"
"Only if something worse didn't move in." The Trap Master explained further.
Jeb groaned.
"What moved in?"
"Nothing."
"Nothin'?"
"That we can see. No new tracks, no scents, nothing."
"So what's the problem?"
"The problem is that much carrion should've drawn every scavenger and hungry animal for miles."
"But it hasn't." Jeb finished.
"No. The birds infest the area but largely leave us alone. Though some get a little territorial over their spots of carrion. But nothing else has moved into the area."
Jeb groaned again.
"So what do you wanna do?"
"Nothing."
"Really?" Jeb asked in surprise.
"Yes. If the other animals and creatures nearby are giving the place a wide berth then we'll exploit it as long as we can. We'll send some scouts to keep an eye on the place though."
"Perhaps the smell of death is what's doin' it?" Jeb suggested.
"Maybe. Would explain the large number of birds. But nothing else?"
"Yeah, you're right. Well let me know if you need help with it." Jeb said.
"Will do."
"Oh! Before I forget, I made a trade agreement with the dwarves."
The Trap Master cocked a scaled brow.
"Oh?"
"Yeah. Food for tools. We'll need to set aside five crates twice a week, but we'll get some decent tools to help speed up excavation." Jeb explained.
The Trap Master tapped his claws against his scales in thought.
"That's doable."
"You sure? Cuz I'm more than happy to do it all myself." Jeb said and conjured an apple to make his point.
"No. The tools are for us, we should assist. Besides, we gathered more for our former master. Five crates twice a week will be easy enough to do." The Trap Master stated in a relaxed tone.
"Alright, if you're certain." Jeb said.
"I am. We'll let you know if anything changes." The Trap Master replied.
"Alright, have it your way." Jeb returned and departed while tossing the conjured apple towards the lazing salamanders nearby.
Jeb ported down to the main gathering area. The place was just as busy as when he left as the kobolds went about their duties and tasks with vigor and joy that he's only really seen when they were staying in his basement. Guess he was the one living in their basement now, he thought with a chuckle.
He played with the gold and garnet band as he shuffled nervously. Wasn't sure why he was so nervous, he thought. She already had his kids, kinda, sorta. They were already living together. This would just be the natural progression of things. Kinda, sorta. He heaved in a big gulp of air to steady his nerves.
"Alright. Quite procrastinatin' Jeb." He muttered to himself and started down the tunnel towards his home.
He stopped when his boot stepped on something different. He looked down and picked up a magazine page.
"Modern courtin' for the modern woman? Where the hell did this come from?"
Probably Sammy's, Jeb thought as he tossed aside the girly garbage. Not sure what it was doing out here though. Maybe she brought it for Thanksgiving and forgot it? Or maybe the kobolds swiped it when they raided her hairspray? Or maybe she just left it among his other articles one of the times she and his pa would go over to his place.
"Oh well." He said as he continued on.
He could hear humming as he got closer, and saw a familiar pale blue light. He walked into his room and saw Ruby humming as she tinkered with something. Nearby was their eggs, sitting in the balefire. He should've panicked. He should've dropped everything and ran over trying to save his kids. That's what a father would do right?
But he didn't have that gut wrenching feeling of seeing your kids in danger he thought he would. Still, he walked over beside Ruby. She yelped in surprise and fumbled with what she was working on as Jeb reached out a hand and touched their onyx colored eggs.
"Jeb?! I was- They were-" Ruby tried to explain while also trying to gather her things.
"It's alright." Jeb said.
"It is?" She asked with concern.
"Yeah. They're not hot." He said as he stroked the shells through the fire that did nothing to him.
"Are you sure?" She asked with worry and concern.
"Yeah. Doubt it'll do anythin' more to 'em." Jeb said with a bit more bitterness in his voice than he wanted there to be.
He saw Ruby's face fall at his words. Nice job dickhead, Jeb thought to himself. He sighed and turned towards Ruby.
"I'm sorry. I'm just nervous 'bout everythin' happenin'."
"I'm nervous too." She stated and leaned into him for a hug, which he eagerly returned.
They held each other for a long moment before Ruby perked up and scrambled away.
"Hold on! Don't look!"
"Look at what?" Jeb asked with a cocked brow as he did his best to hide his own gift.
"I said don't look!" She chided.
"Alright!" He said with a laugh.
He turned away as he heard her grumbling and fumbling with whatever she was working on when he walked in on her. While he waited, he stretched out his hand and caressed their eggs. Please don't get any weirder, he pleaded mentally while he waited.
"Ok! You can look now!" Ruby called at last.
Jeb turned back around and saw Ruby holding a ring towards him. It was some braided copper wire with a couple of small pearls threaded on. She held it up to him.
"What do you think?"
Wait, was this a gift or was she asking him to marry her, Jeb thought. He had to say something though, the look of confusion on his face was making Ruby sad.
"I love it! What's it for exactly?"
"Well, I'm courting you!" She said as Jeb accepted the copper and pearl braided band.
"Courtin' me? What does that-" Jeb started when he noticed a rustle from his left boot.
He looked down and pulled off a piece of paper that had stuck to it. MODERN COURTING FOR THE MODERN WOMAN, it said in bold on the paper. He turned it around towards Ruby.
"Did you read this?"
She shuffled.
"Yes? I wasn't sure how you court a human in this world! But the words were confusing and didn't make any sense and- why are you laughing?"
"I'm laughin' because this is trash! None of the stuff in here is how you should court someone!" Jeb said with a laugh.
"But it says-" Ruby started when Jeb tossed the magazine paper into the nearby fire, which ate it instantly.
"It's just somethin' that girls read to pass the time. Nothin' in there is worth the paper it's printed on." Jeb declared.
"Oh. So?" Ruby asked dejectedly as she gestured to the ring she made for Jeb.
"This is just fine. Though do you know what it means to get a ring for someone?" Jeb asked.
"That they love one another?" Ruby said a little unsure now.
"Yeah. I guess it does. But the act of givin' someone you love a ring is a symbol that you want to be together." Jeb explained and produced his own gift for Ruby.
Her eyes went wide as she grasped the gold and garnet band.
"But we're already together."
"Yeah. We are."
"So what does the rings mean?" Ruby asked as she examined the band.
"Well, it's more religious really."
"Oh?"
"Yeah. It's supposed to mean... somethin'." Jeb started as he realized he didn't entirely recall what the meaning of the ring was supposed to mean.
"Mean what?" Ruby pressed as she tried to fit the band on her arm and then her tail.
"Well. It generally means being together forever."
"But why the ring?"
"It means a sort of exclusivity for folk." Jeb explained.
"Why? What about the rest of the tribe? Does that mean you won't help them?" She asked.
"No! I can, or will, or... this is harder than I thought it'd be." Jeb said with a sigh.
Ruby cocked a brow as well.
"So what happens?"
"Well, we exchange rings and promise to love one another forever. In sickness and health and yada yada. Then we're husband and wife." Jeb explained.
"Why? We're already mates and we love one another. What does our health have to do with it? And what is a 'husband and wife'?"
"Well... You know what? Forget it. Do you promise to love me?"
"Yes! Do you?"
"Yup!"
"Yay!" Ruby cried and hugged Jeb.
"And I now pronounce you man and wife." Jeb muttered as he kissed Ruby.
Ruby giggled and pulled away.
"So what happens now?"
"Now... I don't know. Usually there would also be paper work, but given... us, it prob'bly wouldn't matter."
"So what changes?" Ruby asked as she affixed the gold and garnet band to one of her horns with a smile.
"Uhm... nothin'? We're already together, we already live together, we already have kids... kinda." Jeb listed off.
"So what's the rings supposed to mean?"
"It means... I love you." Jeb replied at last, giving up on trying to explain something he himself wasn't entirely informed of.
"I love you too!" Ruby cried and kissed him.
He returned the kiss. Not like this would've been an official wedding anyway, Jeb thought. They don't exactly have a licensed priest to officiate it. Or witnesses. He doubt their still shelled eggs would count. He could ask the Chief to oversee it. But he already got a headache trying to explain marriage to Ruby, he didn't really want to explain it to the Chief, or any other kobolds that might be interested.
Not like it made anything different, Jeb thought. Ruby was right. They loved one another. They lived together. They had kids together. For all intense and purpose, they were mates. Sure if he was particularly religious he could insist on going to a church and doing things official. But given how things have turned out for them lately, he wouldn't be surprised if he burst into flames stepping inside a church.
Well, there was ONE tradition that they could still do, Jeb thought with a smirk as he picked up Ruby bridal style.
"Wanna consummate our marriage?"
"What does that mean?" She asked.
"Don't worry. You'll like it." Jeb said as he led her over to their moss bed.
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Trout's Landing.
Ruby stretched with a contented sigh. She turned her head over to where Jeb slept beside her. Or where he was when she fell asleep. She sat up and looked around the dark underground room but he wasn't here either.
"Wonder where he went."
Oh well, she thought as she stretched a few stiff muscles before hopping up and collecting their eggs. As nice as it was to sleep with them, they needed more consistent warmth. So she sat them to the side, bundled up in the still warm blanket, and departed to secure a source of fire for their eggs.
Which wasn't all that hard, she realized as her dark vision faded as the blue glow from the torches up ahead illuminated the main gathering area for the burrows. She smiled as she saw the tribe return to something familiar that she missed seeing for a while.
Several tunnels branched off towards the other cabins and already kobolds came and went from them as they began to migrate away from the chill air above for the, still cool but more comfortable, air below. As they did she could see the collections they brought back and forth. Animals, alive and dressed, were being moved down here and out of the elements for better care. As well as an easier time keeping the ever gluttonous salamanders from sneaking another meal. Scraps and salvage collected from around the lodge or while out exploring being brought down and being traded or even used to furnish the space.
Bits of wood with simple carvings were lodged into the dirt along side scraps of metal or rock with soot, mud, or crushed flower pigment to paint symbols or words on them for decoration or directions. While it wasn't the bustling forum that they once had, it gladdened her to see her tribe returning to normalcy once again.
She shook away the distracting thoughts and set her sights on some scrap of wood nearby. She darted over to the vendor, deftly avoiding a section of the ground being dug up as the kobolds dug ever deeper as they sought to expand their burrows ever more. It was in their nature to dig and burrow. While they no longer had a draconic master to excavate massive caverns and tunnels for, she wouldn't be surprised if kobold tunnels ended up expanding far past the border of the lodge itself and going far into the wild where they knew nothing about save for what little Jeb has told them.
Eventually, even this gathering area will be abandoned as the tribe moved deeper down, putting as much dirt and rock between them and whatever threats laid above. The only thing that would remain would be an assortment of traps to keep any invaders wary of going deeper than the kobolds wanted. Even then, many of the tunnels that would lead deeper would be dead-ends meant to slow or hinder any invader. Some would even be traps in and of themselves, collapsing the "tunnel" on top of even the most cautious of invader or even just blocking their escape and leaving them to die before the kobolds eventually dug out their remains and collected their gear with no trouble.
She stood before the assortment of wood and looked over the scrap. Some of it was processed lumber that looked to be from the buildings above, most was collected bits of wood from the forest though. Which was fine, she didn't need anything too big. No bartering took place. She was a leader of the tribe and it was assumed whatever she wanted was for the good of the tribe.
Even starting a warming fire for her eggs was good enough for the tribe to skip bartering and simply give her what she needed. So she collected enough wood for a nice fire and returned to her home. She sorted it into the indent in the ground that Jeb had placed their eggs in before. It would be a good place to start a heating fire for them, she thought as she finished arranging them.
She left and collected some tinder made of dried moss and grass before looking around for some stone or flint to start the fire with. But no such luck. All the stone was deeply imbedded in the dirt or was too large. She once more returned to the gathering area in search of fire. Which she quickly found in the form of the glowing blue fire that Jeb had created for the kobolds.
She shuffled a little as she stared at the dancing flame. She knew Jeb didn't like the idea of the kobolds using the blue fire. He probably wouldn't like the idea of heating their eggs with it either. She should be worried as well, she thought. But she wasn't. Staring at the flame reminded her of the vision that The Crone showed her. Of her and Jeb within a ring of flaming blue orbs. They were happy. The tribe was happy.
"He'll understand." She said as she darted and collected a piece of wood to transfer a spark from a nearby torch.
Ember in hand, she rushed back to her home. She gently eased the flame towards the bundle of wood. She yipped in shock when the flame leapt from her temporary torch and engulfed the pile! Their room burst into dancing shadows as the flames danced from their new home. So pretty, she thought as she stared at the fire. She had seen it when she would come out of their room in the old building for a break. But it seemed so mesmerizing now that it was right in front of her.
She widened the indent in the ground a little so that the eggs could receive the warmth from the fire without being too close. They might be mildly resistant to fire, but not enough to throw their eggs in a fire! Then again, she thought with worry as she held her claw out at the fire. The warmth from it isn't as strong as a normal fire it seemed. Like it was contained.
She clicked her claws in worry. She didn't want to push them too close, but they wouldn't get enough heat if they remained where they were. It would only get worse as it got colder and the cold seeped into the ground. Maybe just a little closer, she thought as she nudged the eggs closer to the fire.
The flames sputtered at the movement of air, but nothing more. She held out her claw to gauge the temperature once again. But it still wasn't enough, she thought as she clicked her claws against a nearby stone in thought. She cast a glance towards the tunnel. She could maybe see if one of the others have something to make a proper fire, she thought.
She put a claw on the eggs.
"No. That'll take too long."
She looked worryingly at the tunnel as if Jeb would appear and lambast her for even thinking what she was. She held her breath and pushed the eggs forwards. Then more. Then even more. The flames sputtered and danced as the eggs were pushed closer and closer. She could only just feel the heat as she did so. Why did the fire seem so weak, she thought as she pushed the eggs right up beside the bundle of burning wood.
Yet the fire seemed to move around the eggs, like they were doing their best to avoid touching them. Even the heat from the fire seemed to be avoiding them! Ruby growled in frustration and pushed the eggs right into the fire!
"Can you just keep them warm?!"
The fire stilled and froze as the eggs were pushed into it. As if it didn't know what to do. Then the flame roared to life once again. The balefire caressed the onyx shells as it seemed to dance across the smooth black surface of the shells. As if a barrier broke, the heat from the flame radiated outwards now. Ruby could now feel the warmth from the fire where seconds ago she felt nothing.
Ruby blinked at the eldritch flame and moved her claw to touch her eggs. She instinctively pulled back as a tongue of balefire arced in her direction. She whined in worry at possibly making a terrible mistake. She held her breath and once more reached out to caress her eggs. She bit her tongue and shut her eyes when the fire arced towards her once more.
But she didn't feel pain. No burning sensation one would get when normally sticking an appendage into a roaring fire. Instead she felt a comforting warmth. Like she felt when close to Jeb as they slept together. She cracked open an eye and found the baleful flame caressing her claw. She experimented a little by pulling her claw back, feeling as the flame seemed to latch on like it didn't want her to leave, before snapping back to its "body". She pushed her claw into the fire, further this time, all the way up to her elbow. The fire latched onto her once again and flooded her with a comforting warmth that shot straight to her core!
She turned her claw upwards and pulled back once more. She watched as the flame held on as she did so, once more refusing to leave her scales. She watched as the flame snapped once again, but this time, it broke! Instead of snapping back towards its body, she now held a burning ball of balefire in her claw!
She couldn't do magic. There were few of the tribe that could before they fled to this world. The Chief was the last among them that had any ability to harness it. Yet here she was, holding a magical fire within her claw! She watched as the flame danced and twisted in her grasp. She sucked in a breath when she watched it start to diffuse INTO her scales! The flame lessened and lessened as if it were dying, but instead the fire seeped between the cracks of her scales. She could feel it racing through her body, flooding it once more with a wave of comforting warmth.
"Den Mother?" A voice asked from the tunnel nearby.
Ruby yelped in surprise and turned towards the voice. She saw the Chief standing there watching her with a curious and amazed expression on his snout.
"Having fun?"
"Chief!? I was-"
"Playing with fire?" The Chief asked playfully as he stared at the blue fire.
She shuffled nervously as he did so. Eventually he chuckled and she began to relax.
"It's alright Den Mother. You're not the only one that Master Jeb's flame as entranced among the tribe."
"Why do you think it acts so different from normal fire?" She asked.
The Chief shrugged.
"Who knows. Perhaps it is how magic works in this world. Perhaps it is something on Master Jeb's part. Perhaps it is because our former- Kortaza, was the Keeper of Flame."
"But we never had much protection from fire before. And not any way to manipulate it." Ruby said.
The Chief sighed.
"True. I truly do not know why it is so different than normal fire. Fire is alive, yes. But this one seems almost..."
"Living?" Ruby suggested.
"Yes. Like it has a mind of its own. Though I doubt that much, perhaps it merely follows the will of Master Jeb, knowingly or not on his part." The Chief continued as he walked closer and sat down beside Ruby and watched the eggs glimmer and shine within the fire where they remained quiet for some peaceful moments.
The Chief then perked up.
"Oh! Master Jeb returned!"
"He did?! Where is he?" Ruby asked and looked around expecting to see him coming down the tunnel.
"Well, he did return. Rushed around and collected an assortment of food, and then he vanished away again. Something about a trade?" The Chief explained a little unsure.
She frowned, wonder what he was trading, she thought. Though, with the eggs now taken care of, and Jeb away for a moment. Perhaps now was the time she could see about doing something special for him. She turned to the Chief, he was more knowledgeable when it came to humans and their customs.
"Chief?" She asked.
"Yes? What is it?" He asked at the tone of her voice.
"What do you know of this world's humans?"
"Oh? What would you like to know?" He asked a little excited in being able to use his collected knowledge.
"What do humans do with those they care about?" She asked a little uncertainly.
The Chief hummed in thought and tapped his claws.
"It depends. Humans are as diverse in this world as ours. Many customs I've read about belong to different groups."
"What about the tribe that Jeb belongs to?"
The Chief hummed once more in thought and got up before darting away while calling back.
"I will check! I'm sure I have something!"
While she waited, she continued to play with fire and tend to her eggs. Since they were in the flame, they didn't need quite so studious attention as they did before. She could probably just leave them and go tend to her normal duties and not have to worry about them anymore.
Who was she fooling, she thought. Even if there was a way to hatch and tend to the eggs completely without her, she'd still want to look after them. She thought she heard Jeb mentioning something about an "electrical egg incubator" once upon a time. Whatever that was.
The Chief returned, huffing from being out of breath and holding a thickly bound tome with pages of different sizes and colors poking out of the patched bindings. He placed the heavy tome on the ground with a huff.
"This is my collection of this world's customs and knowledge. If there is something that will assist you it will be in here somewhere!"
Ruby oohed and awed as the Chief flipped open the tome and leafed through page after page of information. Some were pages from magazines, others were snippets and clippings from books, there was a few pages that contained pressed cuttings of local flora as well as a collection of small animal bones among the bindings.
They stopped on a page that read MODERN COURTING FOR THE MODERN WOMAN in bold letters on a page that felt smooth to the touch. On the cover was a gorgeous human woman wearing a sleek beautiful dress and jewelry. Ruby pointed towards the page.
"Oh this one!"
They thumbed through the pages looking for information. Most neither one of them got as it talked about stuff like make-up, libido, popular fashion, and other things that they didn't either understand or see the appeal of. Then they found a page that described how a modern woman should act. Though this seemed to confuse the both of them even more.
"Be 'dem-or' and assertive? What does 'dem-or' mean?" Ruby asked the Chief.
"I'm not sure. There are many words within that don't seem to fit." He explained.
A pattern they soon found to be common among the pages of information, much of the words would make sense but spread out among them were these spots of words that seemed just out of place. What they COULD understand still didn't make any sense either.
"Be soft yet firm? How does that work?" The Chief asked.
"If you like a potential mate why make him keep trying to win your heart?" Ruby asked equally confused.
"Modern" humans were just as confusing to them it seemed. However, among the pages of contradictory information, they were able to get SOMETHING of value! Humans like gifts. Though they both knew that and didn't really feel like these pages of "modern courting" did anything more than confuse them.
"What kind of gifts?" The Chief asked as he and Ruby tried to decipher the mess of flowery wording and nonsense.
"Jewelry, clothes, food." Ruby read off as they got the general gist of the overly convoluted wording. The pictures helped more though.
"Well! At least we found something... I think?" The Chief declared at least with a little uncertainty.
"Why did you collect all this?" Ruby asked.
"It was in a book, so I thought it was important. But it would seem that not everything in this world's books are worth keeping." The Chief stated before retrieving the tome and departing.
"Where are you going?"
"To go through my collection. It would seem that some of it is not as important as I first thought." He called out as he left.
She could hear him mumbling to himself and heard the occasional tearing as he did. Well, at least they found something, she thought as she turned towards the eggs once more. She placed a claw on the onyx shells and felt the comforting warmth of the fire as well as the warmth of the eggs. They'll be fine for now, she thought as she got up and left.
"Jewelry, clothes, and food." Ruby murmured as she went down the tunnel once again.
He was getting low on clothes, she thought. But there wasn't much around here to make some with. Though perhaps some animal hides would work? But much of what they've collected was too small for clothes of Jeb's size. Getting him food seemed redundant too. He could make his own food whenever he wished. Which left jewelry.
It was the better of the options, but they didn't have much in the way of jewelry either. No raids means no loot and the piles of treasure back in their former home wasn't exactly a priority at the time of their exodus. But then she spied the copper wire the kobolds had collected while scavenging. A copper band would be nice, she thought as she was given the piece of wiring from the scavenger.
But what else, she thought as she looked around some more. The pictures in the magazine showed jewelry that glittered with gold and diamonds and so much more that they no longer had. Nothing around here could compare, she thought dejectedly. But then she saw a group of kobolds coming down a tunnel with a collection of shells and waterlogged timber.
"What is this?" She asked them.
"Salvage from the camps up river." The kobold replied as he and the others began to sift and sort the mess.
She watched as they distributed everything they collected to the tribe that came over. Some took the waterlogged wood, others took polished stones, and others took the collection of shells. She eyed the shells. Back home, alot of the fishfolk in the rivers and around the sea collected pearls from the water. Perhaps the ones upriver also had some?
She followed after the group of kobolds that had collected the shells and assisted them in opening a few. Mussels were what was mainly here, no surprise though since it seemed they were far from this world's ocean. What was a surprise was how many pearls they actually managed to find among the mussels!
It was rare for the kobolds to find one during their fishing trips by the sea. Even among the rivers pearls were not much more common. So it surprised them that several mussels had multiple pearls within them! She was going to actually barter for potentially the single one they found, but with there being so many the shuckers didn't mind at all and gave Ruby a small handful for her project.
They weren't all that big, but that was fine by her. They'd do for what she had in mind. She borrowed a small thin metal needle from a scavenger and retreated back to her room. Copper wire and freshwater pearls in claw.
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Well, that's taken care of, Jeb thought as he appeared in the open air of the lodge. He flicked the gold and garnet band into the air and got it with a spring in his step and a tune on his lips as he made his way over to the Trap Master who stood near the river where he received reports from the salvagers.
"How's things?" He asked when he got close.
"Good. Strange. But good." The Trap Master stated as he dismissed the salvagers.
"How so?"
"The 'murlocs' you called them? Haven't returned to their former homes." He explained.
"And? Wasn't that kinda the point?"
"It was. But there isn't any sign of anything else other than birds flocking to the area."
"Again, wasn't that the point?"
"Only if something worse didn't move in." The Trap Master explained further.
Jeb groaned.
"What moved in?"
"Nothing."
"Nothin'?"
"That we can see. No new tracks, no scents, nothing."
"So what's the problem?"
"The problem is that much carrion should've drawn every scavenger and hungry animal for miles."
"But it hasn't." Jeb finished.
"No. The birds infest the area but largely leave us alone. Though some get a little territorial over their spots of carrion. But nothing else has moved into the area."
Jeb groaned again.
"So what do you wanna do?"
"Nothing."
"Really?" Jeb asked in surprise.
"Yes. If the other animals and creatures nearby are giving the place a wide berth then we'll exploit it as long as we can. We'll send some scouts to keep an eye on the place though."
"Perhaps the smell of death is what's doin' it?" Jeb suggested.
"Maybe. Would explain the large number of birds. But nothing else?"
"Yeah, you're right. Well let me know if you need help with it." Jeb said.
"Will do."
"Oh! Before I forget, I made a trade agreement with the dwarves."
The Trap Master cocked a scaled brow.
"Oh?"
"Yeah. Food for tools. We'll need to set aside five crates twice a week, but we'll get some decent tools to help speed up excavation." Jeb explained.
The Trap Master tapped his claws against his scales in thought.
"That's doable."
"You sure? Cuz I'm more than happy to do it all myself." Jeb said and conjured an apple to make his point.
"No. The tools are for us, we should assist. Besides, we gathered more for our former master. Five crates twice a week will be easy enough to do." The Trap Master stated in a relaxed tone.
"Alright, if you're certain." Jeb said.
"I am. We'll let you know if anything changes." The Trap Master replied.
"Alright, have it your way." Jeb returned and departed while tossing the conjured apple towards the lazing salamanders nearby.
Jeb ported down to the main gathering area. The place was just as busy as when he left as the kobolds went about their duties and tasks with vigor and joy that he's only really seen when they were staying in his basement. Guess he was the one living in their basement now, he thought with a chuckle.
He played with the gold and garnet band as he shuffled nervously. Wasn't sure why he was so nervous, he thought. She already had his kids, kinda, sorta. They were already living together. This would just be the natural progression of things. Kinda, sorta. He heaved in a big gulp of air to steady his nerves.
"Alright. Quite procrastinatin' Jeb." He muttered to himself and started down the tunnel towards his home.
He stopped when his boot stepped on something different. He looked down and picked up a magazine page.
"Modern courtin' for the modern woman? Where the hell did this come from?"
Probably Sammy's, Jeb thought as he tossed aside the girly garbage. Not sure what it was doing out here though. Maybe she brought it for Thanksgiving and forgot it? Or maybe the kobolds swiped it when they raided her hairspray? Or maybe she just left it among his other articles one of the times she and his pa would go over to his place.
"Oh well." He said as he continued on.
He could hear humming as he got closer, and saw a familiar pale blue light. He walked into his room and saw Ruby humming as she tinkered with something. Nearby was their eggs, sitting in the balefire. He should've panicked. He should've dropped everything and ran over trying to save his kids. That's what a father would do right?
But he didn't have that gut wrenching feeling of seeing your kids in danger he thought he would. Still, he walked over beside Ruby. She yelped in surprise and fumbled with what she was working on as Jeb reached out a hand and touched their onyx colored eggs.
"Jeb?! I was- They were-" Ruby tried to explain while also trying to gather her things.
"It's alright." Jeb said.
"It is?" She asked with concern.
"Yeah. They're not hot." He said as he stroked the shells through the fire that did nothing to him.
"Are you sure?" She asked with worry and concern.
"Yeah. Doubt it'll do anythin' more to 'em." Jeb said with a bit more bitterness in his voice than he wanted there to be.
He saw Ruby's face fall at his words. Nice job dickhead, Jeb thought to himself. He sighed and turned towards Ruby.
"I'm sorry. I'm just nervous 'bout everythin' happenin'."
"I'm nervous too." She stated and leaned into him for a hug, which he eagerly returned.
They held each other for a long moment before Ruby perked up and scrambled away.
"Hold on! Don't look!"
"Look at what?" Jeb asked with a cocked brow as he did his best to hide his own gift.
"I said don't look!" She chided.
"Alright!" He said with a laugh.
He turned away as he heard her grumbling and fumbling with whatever she was working on when he walked in on her. While he waited, he stretched out his hand and caressed their eggs. Please don't get any weirder, he pleaded mentally while he waited.
"Ok! You can look now!" Ruby called at last.
Jeb turned back around and saw Ruby holding a ring towards him. It was some braided copper wire with a couple of small pearls threaded on. She held it up to him.
"What do you think?"
Wait, was this a gift or was she asking him to marry her, Jeb thought. He had to say something though, the look of confusion on his face was making Ruby sad.
"I love it! What's it for exactly?"
"Well, I'm courting you!" She said as Jeb accepted the copper and pearl braided band.
"Courtin' me? What does that-" Jeb started when he noticed a rustle from his left boot.
He looked down and pulled off a piece of paper that had stuck to it. MODERN COURTING FOR THE MODERN WOMAN, it said in bold on the paper. He turned it around towards Ruby.
"Did you read this?"
She shuffled.
"Yes? I wasn't sure how you court a human in this world! But the words were confusing and didn't make any sense and- why are you laughing?"
"I'm laughin' because this is trash! None of the stuff in here is how you should court someone!" Jeb said with a laugh.
"But it says-" Ruby started when Jeb tossed the magazine paper into the nearby fire, which ate it instantly.
"It's just somethin' that girls read to pass the time. Nothin' in there is worth the paper it's printed on." Jeb declared.
"Oh. So?" Ruby asked dejectedly as she gestured to the ring she made for Jeb.
"This is just fine. Though do you know what it means to get a ring for someone?" Jeb asked.
"That they love one another?" Ruby said a little unsure now.
"Yeah. I guess it does. But the act of givin' someone you love a ring is a symbol that you want to be together." Jeb explained and produced his own gift for Ruby.
Her eyes went wide as she grasped the gold and garnet band.
"But we're already together."
"Yeah. We are."
"So what does the rings mean?" Ruby asked as she examined the band.
"Well, it's more religious really."
"Oh?"
"Yeah. It's supposed to mean... somethin'." Jeb started as he realized he didn't entirely recall what the meaning of the ring was supposed to mean.
"Mean what?" Ruby pressed as she tried to fit the band on her arm and then her tail.
"Well. It generally means being together forever."
"But why the ring?"
"It means a sort of exclusivity for folk." Jeb explained.
"Why? What about the rest of the tribe? Does that mean you won't help them?" She asked.
"No! I can, or will, or... this is harder than I thought it'd be." Jeb said with a sigh.
Ruby cocked a brow as well.
"So what happens?"
"Well, we exchange rings and promise to love one another forever. In sickness and health and yada yada. Then we're husband and wife." Jeb explained.
"Why? We're already mates and we love one another. What does our health have to do with it? And what is a 'husband and wife'?"
"Well... You know what? Forget it. Do you promise to love me?"
"Yes! Do you?"
"Yup!"
"Yay!" Ruby cried and hugged Jeb.
"And I now pronounce you man and wife." Jeb muttered as he kissed Ruby.
Ruby giggled and pulled away.
"So what happens now?"
"Now... I don't know. Usually there would also be paper work, but given... us, it prob'bly wouldn't matter."
"So what changes?" Ruby asked as she affixed the gold and garnet band to one of her horns with a smile.
"Uhm... nothin'? We're already together, we already live together, we already have kids... kinda." Jeb listed off.
"So what's the rings supposed to mean?"
"It means... I love you." Jeb replied at last, giving up on trying to explain something he himself wasn't entirely informed of.
"I love you too!" Ruby cried and kissed him.
He returned the kiss. Not like this would've been an official wedding anyway, Jeb thought. They don't exactly have a licensed priest to officiate it. Or witnesses. He doubt their still shelled eggs would count. He could ask the Chief to oversee it. But he already got a headache trying to explain marriage to Ruby, he didn't really want to explain it to the Chief, or any other kobolds that might be interested.
Not like it made anything different, Jeb thought. Ruby was right. They loved one another. They lived together. They had kids together. For all intense and purpose, they were mates. Sure if he was particularly religious he could insist on going to a church and doing things official. But given how things have turned out for them lately, he wouldn't be surprised if he burst into flames stepping inside a church.
Well, there was ONE tradition that they could still do, Jeb thought with a smirk as he picked up Ruby bridal style.
"Wanna consummate our marriage?"
"What does that mean?" She asked.
"Don't worry. You'll like it." Jeb said as he led her over to their moss bed.
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2024.05.16 00:15 Free-Reserve-1868 I think Devils chord should've been a two parter.
I've posted this as a comment, but think it might be better suited as a discussion post here so I've copy and pasted it š
I really enjoyed this episode but personally think it could have benefitted from being a two parter. Here's my thought process on this:
For a start, I felt the ending was pretty rushed (a common issue in new who, in general, I get that), so a second episode would've allowed them to build up the secret chord some more.
I also thought that the beatles were seriously under utilised. I personally feel previous episodes featuring historical characters were best when those characters were front and centre and key to the plot. I do get that they are the ones who found the chord, and I wouldn't change that at all, but they felt more like a lucky mcguffin than a built-up plot point. It could be argued that yes, them being in the episode alone builds up that they'll have something to do with resolving the threat but within the confines of the story without that meta detail we pick up on as audience I felt underwhelmed. With them being so well known and such a cornerstone of pop culture, it could also be interesting to explore a world without their influence and just seeing them as regular people trying to live normal lives with Ruby and the doctors reaction to this could've further explore maestros effects on this world.
More time could allow us to explore more of what a world without music would look like. With the popularisation of things like brutalist architecture and whatnot in the 1960s, it could have been an excellent backdrop for a truly bleak world, perhaps even draining the colour from the screen and a muted score. This could also help make Maestro stand out even more in contrast (not that they needed help with that, the only change I'd make to maestro is have more of them but that's just because I really enjoyed their performance) as well as bringing more of an overt score. With the backdrop of a bleaker, more uniform and utilitarian world it could also have allowed RTD to explore the importance of diversity and of self expression in the world in a more subtle way which ties in more directly with the plot.
We could also see more of the lead up to nuclear war. The Cuban missile crisis would've happened 2 years previously, so there was already a palpable sense of dread during this time about the possible threat of nuclear annihilation. It wouldn't have to be overt or directly addressed. Just set dressings and background details could've gone a long way to build up the bleakness of what the world has become without music.
I also feel it would've built up maestro as an even greater threat. The last member of the pantheon we saw was the toymaker, and he appeared in a special, which resulted in the doctor regenerating (well, bigenerating). Having maestro as just a villain of the week, I feel undermines their power level a bit and that of the pantheon if they can be dealt with in a single episode. To this end, I would've also not had this be the 2nd episode. Ruby's line "you never run" feels un-earned at this point, not to mention the doctor was running away in fear literally the last episode. I feel moving this episode back would've given this line more weight, maybe even have the start allude to adventures taking place off screen between episodes like previous seasons had done.
It would've also allowed more time to develop the character of Ruby. This may just be me, but I don't really have a strong sense of her personality outside of just... nice. She's just a nice person to me so far, a bit boring to watch. Bits like where she felt self conscious about playing the piano and had to be encouraged by the doctor could've been explored more to explore some of her insecurities, her surrounding herself and feeling more of an affinity towards the lgbt community could go someway to exploring how she feels like an outsider with more in common with them than most of mainstream society, which could also play into the mystery of her birth and who she is.
More time also could mean more maestro. I really enjoyed maestro. That is all. Actually, it's not. I wanna go on a tangent here and talk about maestro. They're the kind of campy villain I love. Someone who's so powerful and is clearly having a great time because what are you going to do about it? They don't need to be sneaky. They don't need to ensure each step of their meticulous plan is carried off without a hitch. They're a god in their element, so of course they're going to have fun with it. But still with an element of menace. A sort of "you're only alive because I'm curious to see where this goes" or have an ego driven need to beat their opponent instead of just killing them. And to those complaining, they're played by a drag queen... First, really? Secondly, why would a god give a damn about our ideas of gender? Especially a god of music and the expressionism that comes with the territory.
Back on topic also could have explored more of the doctor. So far I feel ncutis iteration is a bit safe and hasn't really been challenged so far, with ten having worked on his issues it could be that he leans in a bit more to his cocky over confident side so when moments like him trying to find the secret chord himself and ending up with a bum note could've been played him to knock him down a peg and remind him of his humility (another reason for this episode to be later in the season). It also could be interesting to see the doctor still friends with Ruby and close to her, but also a little wary of her. Given maestros reaction to her secret song, the memories of her being left at the church changing and the snow appearing is reason enough for him to grow a little concerned about who exactly is she. This episode reminding him of humility and that he isn't invincible could explore him being a bit more cautious with her subsequently, perhaps concerned he may be biting off more than he can chew here.
Wow this turned into a bit of thesis. I didn't mean to but once I started I couldn't really stop. I'll say again, I did enjoy this episode. It was a lot of fun and there was a lot I think it really got right, these are just a few of my thoughts of things I personally would've liked to have seen. I've no idea what the rest of the season has in store so I may well get my wish in later episodes or realise that in the grand scheme of things these ideas wouldn't work but happy to discuss and hear your opinions on them. š
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I really enjoyed this episode but personally think it could have benefitted from being a two parter. Here's my thought process on this:
For a start, I felt the ending was pretty rushed (a common issue in new who, in general, I get that), so a second episode would've allowed them to build up the secret chord some more.
I also thought that the beatles were seriously under utilised. I personally feel previous episodes featuring historical characters were best when those characters were front and centre and key to the plot. I do get that they are the ones who found the chord, and I wouldn't change that at all, but they felt more like a lucky mcguffin than a built-up plot point. It could be argued that yes, them being in the episode alone builds up that they'll have something to do with resolving the threat but within the confines of the story without that meta detail we pick up on as audience I felt underwhelmed. With them being so well known and such a cornerstone of pop culture, it could also be interesting to explore a world without their influence and just seeing them as regular people trying to live normal lives with Ruby and the doctors reaction to this could've further explore maestros effects on this world.
More time could allow us to explore more of what a world without music would look like. With the popularisation of things like brutalist architecture and whatnot in the 1960s, it could have been an excellent backdrop for a truly bleak world, perhaps even draining the colour from the screen and a muted score. This could also help make Maestro stand out even more in contrast (not that they needed help with that, the only change I'd make to maestro is have more of them but that's just because I really enjoyed their performance) as well as bringing more of an overt score. With the backdrop of a bleaker, more uniform and utilitarian world it could also have allowed RTD to explore the importance of diversity and of self expression in the world in a more subtle way which ties in more directly with the plot.
We could also see more of the lead up to nuclear war. The Cuban missile crisis would've happened 2 years previously, so there was already a palpable sense of dread during this time about the possible threat of nuclear annihilation. It wouldn't have to be overt or directly addressed. Just set dressings and background details could've gone a long way to build up the bleakness of what the world has become without music.
I also feel it would've built up maestro as an even greater threat. The last member of the pantheon we saw was the toymaker, and he appeared in a special, which resulted in the doctor regenerating (well, bigenerating). Having maestro as just a villain of the week, I feel undermines their power level a bit and that of the pantheon if they can be dealt with in a single episode. To this end, I would've also not had this be the 2nd episode. Ruby's line "you never run" feels un-earned at this point, not to mention the doctor was running away in fear literally the last episode. I feel moving this episode back would've given this line more weight, maybe even have the start allude to adventures taking place off screen between episodes like previous seasons had done.
It would've also allowed more time to develop the character of Ruby. This may just be me, but I don't really have a strong sense of her personality outside of just... nice. She's just a nice person to me so far, a bit boring to watch. Bits like where she felt self conscious about playing the piano and had to be encouraged by the doctor could've been explored more to explore some of her insecurities, her surrounding herself and feeling more of an affinity towards the lgbt community could go someway to exploring how she feels like an outsider with more in common with them than most of mainstream society, which could also play into the mystery of her birth and who she is.
More time also could mean more maestro. I really enjoyed maestro. That is all. Actually, it's not. I wanna go on a tangent here and talk about maestro. They're the kind of campy villain I love. Someone who's so powerful and is clearly having a great time because what are you going to do about it? They don't need to be sneaky. They don't need to ensure each step of their meticulous plan is carried off without a hitch. They're a god in their element, so of course they're going to have fun with it. But still with an element of menace. A sort of "you're only alive because I'm curious to see where this goes" or have an ego driven need to beat their opponent instead of just killing them. And to those complaining, they're played by a drag queen... First, really? Secondly, why would a god give a damn about our ideas of gender? Especially a god of music and the expressionism that comes with the territory.
Back on topic also could have explored more of the doctor. So far I feel ncutis iteration is a bit safe and hasn't really been challenged so far, with ten having worked on his issues it could be that he leans in a bit more to his cocky over confident side so when moments like him trying to find the secret chord himself and ending up with a bum note could've been played him to knock him down a peg and remind him of his humility (another reason for this episode to be later in the season). It also could be interesting to see the doctor still friends with Ruby and close to her, but also a little wary of her. Given maestros reaction to her secret song, the memories of her being left at the church changing and the snow appearing is reason enough for him to grow a little concerned about who exactly is she. This episode reminding him of humility and that he isn't invincible could explore him being a bit more cautious with her subsequently, perhaps concerned he may be biting off more than he can chew here.
Wow this turned into a bit of thesis. I didn't mean to but once I started I couldn't really stop. I'll say again, I did enjoy this episode. It was a lot of fun and there was a lot I think it really got right, these are just a few of my thoughts of things I personally would've liked to have seen. I've no idea what the rest of the season has in store so I may well get my wish in later episodes or realise that in the grand scheme of things these ideas wouldn't work but happy to discuss and hear your opinions on them. š
2024.05.15 21:02 Tavel_far Our next concert is up!
 | Hey there, nocturnal beings and melody chasers! It's your forever young and eternally talented Ruby, the kindred with a flair for the dramatic and the melodic. I'm here to spill some moonlight on our next gig that's going to rock the crypts and wake the dead. My band, Scarlet Moon, is ready to howl at the moon and serenade the stars with our latest alternative rock anthems. We're hitting the Big Apple, the city that never sleeps (much like myself), and we've got a night planned that's bound to be legendary ā or at least, that's what the ancient prophecies (and our PR team) tell us. Now, I can't divulge the exact location ā where's the mystery in that? But let's just say, if you've been following the trail of breadcrumbs (or should I say, blood trail?), you'll know exactly where to find us. Our fans, those wonderful creatures of the night, have a sixth sense for these things. They know that when the clock strikes an hour that's a well-kept secret, the place to be is where the shadows dance and the Scarlet Moon rises. Prepare to be enchanted by our bassist, who slaps the strings harder than a coffin lid on a stormy night. Our drummer, a werewolf in disguise, keeps the beat with more rhythm than a full moon ritual. And then there's me, Ruby, strumming the guitar with fingers that have plucked melodies for centuries and a voice that can soothe even the most savage beast ā or at least, that's what the local werewolf pack says (Also thanks for helping us out in Halifax guys, the Spanish Inquisition was hard on our tails). So, mark your calendars (if you're the type that believes in the construct of time), and keep your ears to the ground. The whispers in the wind will guide you to us. And if you happen to be a mortal wandering into our midst, fear not. We promise the only thing we'll bite into is the music ā though, I can't make any promises about the after-party. Join us for a night where the music is immortal, and so is the audience (figuratively speaking, of course). It's going to be a blast from the past, present, and future ā all wrapped up in one enigmatic, electrifying evening. Until then, stay spooky, my friends, and remember: the night is always young when you're a Kindred with a rock bandhttps://preview.redd.it/b7mfom8t0n0d1.png?width=2000&format=png&auto=webp&s=84a329e913a5ad0c53ce803b5093a2ceaed73344 |
2024.05.15 15:14 therandomgameroflife Been Overthinking, So I Decided To Ask Some Questions Here
Some background: I, Artemis, was not the original Host. They died in what I will call here a System Conflict (this will be a question later to answer). I came here because places like DID seem really bent on shooting down anyone whose system may in some form be different from the usual. The body is diagnosed with DID (I think- It was something similar at least but I haven't been able to see a psychiatrist in years and the Host is, of course, long gone). My questions are as follows:
I know Alters/Fictives don't actually die to you all because that would require the brain to basically kill a part of itself. But we at least perceive death in headspace, I guess is a way to put it? In the System Conflict, we lost quite a few people when it ended. A lot of NAPs (Non-Alter Persons- I think some systems call them NPCs) too. I was wondering why the thought of that occurring in a system is so wrong to a lot of systems out here?
A follow up is birth. I again know to many, alters giving birth is crazy, but I've witnessed it quite a few times and had so myself. I am assuming I'm gonna be told how its fake and such, but reminder, headspace is my home. You can describe what's actually happening, but keep the "not real" sections of this minimal- Seeing them in other forums drives me absolutely bananas. Same question as the last one: why is this seen as impossible to a lot of systems out here?
My final one is on alter formations and roles. We've had alters form in the most random of circumstances. Sometimes the body is completely fine others under an insane amount of stress. However, I've noticed many systems fighting over how Alters/Fictives form, whether it be from trauma or simple stresses. Is there a reason for that? As for the roles question, none of us can really find what box really fits us. We feel like we play multiple roles. Is there a format we are supposed to fit or am I misreading the debates I've seen?
I apologize in advance if any of this sounds outlandish or if I come off as weird. I've only been Host for about 4 years now and I really want to understand some of this rather than letting forums make me feel worse.
To add positivity at the end of this, tell me your happiest memory with a AlteFictive you have. Mine is when my daughters Ruby and Freya was born.
Thank you for reading this essay hehe - Artemis Rose
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I know Alters/Fictives don't actually die to you all because that would require the brain to basically kill a part of itself. But we at least perceive death in headspace, I guess is a way to put it? In the System Conflict, we lost quite a few people when it ended. A lot of NAPs (Non-Alter Persons- I think some systems call them NPCs) too. I was wondering why the thought of that occurring in a system is so wrong to a lot of systems out here?
A follow up is birth. I again know to many, alters giving birth is crazy, but I've witnessed it quite a few times and had so myself. I am assuming I'm gonna be told how its fake and such, but reminder, headspace is my home. You can describe what's actually happening, but keep the "not real" sections of this minimal- Seeing them in other forums drives me absolutely bananas. Same question as the last one: why is this seen as impossible to a lot of systems out here?
My final one is on alter formations and roles. We've had alters form in the most random of circumstances. Sometimes the body is completely fine others under an insane amount of stress. However, I've noticed many systems fighting over how Alters/Fictives form, whether it be from trauma or simple stresses. Is there a reason for that? As for the roles question, none of us can really find what box really fits us. We feel like we play multiple roles. Is there a format we are supposed to fit or am I misreading the debates I've seen?
I apologize in advance if any of this sounds outlandish or if I come off as weird. I've only been Host for about 4 years now and I really want to understand some of this rather than letting forums make me feel worse.
To add positivity at the end of this, tell me your happiest memory with a AlteFictive you have. Mine is when my daughters Ruby and Freya was born.
Thank you for reading this essay hehe - Artemis Rose
2024.05.15 14:48 G-M-Dark Season 14 Story Arch - The Mavity of The Situation....
Go back to the 3-part David Tennant Unit spin-off Davis established the groundwork for before Ncuti Gatwa took over - the episode Wild Blue Yonder starts with a little skit featuring Isaac Newton in which the Tardis gets stuck in an apple tree while Newton is pondering important thoughts beneath and a bushel of apples falls on his bonce as a result, causing him to have a little chat with Doctor 10/14 and Donna - during which Newton mishears Donna's rather forced pun about the gravity of the situation, which Newton mishears as mavity....
And thus, from then on, gravity is forever mavity - because that's how Newton termed it because he liked the sound of the word. The Doctor and Donna go far forward in time, and they both use the word without blinking.
It's supposed to be a throwaway gag but we run into the same story mechanic in both Season 14s opening episodes:
Loki Season 2 used a similar narrative mechanic throughout - it's establishing the groundwork about what's coming and what needs to happen to fix the problem: knowing Davis's penchant for tear-jerking finales it's probably going to centre around Ruby and the Doctor having to leave her to a fate his intervention in which would otherwise cause the death of everyone else - forcing him to do the adult thing rather than pretend he has the luxury of being a giggly kid.
It's a note central to Davis's core concept of his Doctors - they may look happy superficially, but - scratch the surface, and they're carrying the weight of the universe on their shoulders, ground down by the burden of being the last of whatever the fuck he, she or it's supposed to be these days...
I'm paraphrasing at the minute, I'll fill in the blanks as the show rolls along.
How are you all finding it, anyway - assuming I'm not just chundering away to myself here...?
D
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And thus, from then on, gravity is forever mavity - because that's how Newton termed it because he liked the sound of the word. The Doctor and Donna go far forward in time, and they both use the word without blinking.
It's supposed to be a throwaway gag but we run into the same story mechanic in both Season 14s opening episodes:
- After travelling back to the time of the dinosaurs at the start of Space Babies and setting up the punchline about the butterfly effect inside the Tardis, Ruby steps outside only to enact said temporal problem by stepping on a butterfly and the next thing we find is Ruby is replaced by some form of scaly creature called Rubathon Blue of the 57th Hemisphere Hatchlings who never makes mistakes and is quite prepared to kill you just to prove it...
- The Doctor rectifies the problem by breathing a bit of his life into the crushed insect, which gets better and flutters away - the preservation of its life ensuring Ruby Sunday comes to exist millions of years later.
- In The Devils Chord - overwhelmed with fear and forced to flee back to the Tardis during their encounter with Maestro back in 1963 Ruby believes they're safe, only for the Doctor to return her to the point in time they originally left to find reality a consequence of the Doctor and Ruby failing to defeat Maestro back in 1963 - the world is destroyed, forever in nuclear winter-the same snow falling as they've both encountered in the previous episode (Space Babies) - they have no choice but to return and face Maestro in 1963....
Loki Season 2 used a similar narrative mechanic throughout - it's establishing the groundwork about what's coming and what needs to happen to fix the problem: knowing Davis's penchant for tear-jerking finales it's probably going to centre around Ruby and the Doctor having to leave her to a fate his intervention in which would otherwise cause the death of everyone else - forcing him to do the adult thing rather than pretend he has the luxury of being a giggly kid.
It's a note central to Davis's core concept of his Doctors - they may look happy superficially, but - scratch the surface, and they're carrying the weight of the universe on their shoulders, ground down by the burden of being the last of whatever the fuck he, she or it's supposed to be these days...
I'm paraphrasing at the minute, I'll fill in the blanks as the show rolls along.
How are you all finding it, anyway - assuming I'm not just chundering away to myself here...?
D
2024.05.15 07:15 shandromand Writing Prompt Wednesday #394, 5/15 - Thanks for the Memeries
Greetings, Huntsmen, Huntresses, and gender neutral Hunters! Welcome to another week of writing prompts! If you are new here, this is a community-driven weekly event, and the purpose is primarily to generate creativity and have fun while doing so (whether you are a 100% real-meat person or not, we don't judge).
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The Prompts:
No matter how bad things may get, words will always have meaning. Now get out there and write something, but most importantly, have fun! :)
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What will be involved Special Note for Spoilers!:
Each week, three RWBY-related topics will be posted (subject to ties and special events!). Participants can write a short piece of fiction or dialogue based on that prompt. When writing, the suggestion is to aim for 1k-3k words, however, this is not a requirement. There is no goal - this is not a popularity contest - just write and have fun! If you have any questions, feel free to ask! :)SPOILERS:
Reminder that the spoiler embargo for Volume 9 and the Justice League movie has been lifted! You are all now free to make posts about the two without needing to spoiler tag it.
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The rules are the same as the sub's posting guidelines. Nobody here wants to see your story taken down, so please refer to them before contributing! If someone chooses to ignore these rules, the post will be removed.Additional information
Pre-writing is welcome! /rwbyprompts is a sub with writing as a focus - there you will find an archive of all the threads as well as a somewhat fleshed-out wiki with odds and ends. :) A detailed spreadsheet of WPW things is here! Keep in mind that this houses a lot of the old prompts, but it also has links and things like early participation to previous WPW threads. We're trying this whole week-to-week thing in the face of the bajillion prompts we had built up. We might do something with them, or people might cycle them back in, who knows what could happen??Find us on Discord at The Qrow's Nest! The permanent invite has been deleted due to Discord bot shenanigans, so dm shand if you want an invite!
The Prompts!:
Surprise! We're doing them all this week - have fun! :D- Team RWBY, plus Zwei, and Team JNPR play pirates.
- RWBY, except all songs are written by Sabaton.
- Atlas makes a space elevator near Vale and Vale is not happy with it. All out war resumes and the use of aerial drones are being used.
- As a joke, Yang sends pretend Valentines between the most random pairings of people she can think of. Sheās shocked when all of them end up together.
- Team RWBY somehow travels back in time and encounters Team STRQ of the past.
- When Blake left her family to stay with the White Fang, she became the extremist, not Adam. Ozma agrees with Salem's plans to rule both humanity and the Faunus as the new Gods of Remnant, and has no regrets.
- After forsaking her mortal inheritance, Weiss is now eligible to be a Queen of the Winter Court of Fae, which is returning to Remnant for the first time since the Brother Gods abandoned it.
- "
's good as new. Maybe even a little better." - "While bullets may wear your name, a hand grenade simply says 'to whom it may concern.'"
- An Atlas experiment accidentally fuses earth and remnant, hyjinks ensue.
- Free from Cinder, yet lost without a female figure to commit to, Emerald begins her quest for a new sistemothebestie/lover in Vacuo.
- The one time Port told a completely realistic and believable story.
- Yang and Blake discover another bonding point after realizing they both like a certain musician.
- Instead of Crocea Mors, Jaune has the Moonlight/Darkmoon Greatsword from any From Software Games you choose (boss fight included).
- Weiss and Ruby host a series of events to determine who has the best big sister.
- Instead of instilling fear into the hears of the people to make Beacon fall, Watts' hack sparked the Great Meme War!
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[The Poll! is on vacation this week, see below!]()Previously, on Writing Prompt Wednesday:
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- Blake tries to catch a mouse. Cue Tom and Jerry-esque hi-jinx.
- Nora and Ren get into a heated argument and start dividing team RNJR's camp in half with duct tape. Jaune and Ruby have to fix things.
- Glynda takes a day off, and comes back the next day to see Beacon in a state of...
- Jaune and Ruby have a Pokemon battle with NPR and WBY as their Pokemons.
- Blake discovers all of "White Fang" had apparently redeemed themselves via "The Power of Friendship"
- [Insert character] establishes the Revolutionary Insurrectionary Black Army of Argus.
- The heroes react to finally learning what Headmaster Theodore looks like.
- The unfortunate way Yang learned that flammable and inflammable mean the same thing.
- An event from your fanfic/AU described in the style of the Armchair Historian.
- A Hero and Villain go out on a date. What happens during the date?
- A meeting between Signal Academy Instructors Qrow Branwen and Taiyang Xiao Long with Beacon Academy professors Peter Port and Bartholomew Oobleck to discuss Yang and Ruby as potential students at Beacon.
- Blake enters a dating show where Ilia, Sun, and Yang are vying for her affections.
- A comedy skit with the different Grimm as characters with different personalities as they discuss about their life and interactions with the Human/Faunus characters of RWBY.
- Domestic Team WTCH.
- A character mentally rehearses a conversation they imagine having with another character. They quickly blow things way out of proportion.
- Jaune, Salem, and Hazel reenact the scene from Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom where the title character is forced to drink the Blood of Kali.
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New Year, new events! And now we have the quarter of spring leading into summer and the 4th of July FFA, I hope you all had a great holiday!Important Stuff and Things!
I have managed to rescue /RWBYFanfiction from an untimely demise! If you would like to share your fanfic or make recommendations, head on over there! I know that I've said something special was coming for this, but Ruby on Rails is hard and not cheap to operate. The fanfiction indexer that I was trying to set up just isn't working and probably needs someone with more experience in RoR programming/design. I haven't completely put it to bed, but it might be a while before I can circle back to it. In the meantime, the fanfic sub has actually had a decent amount of postings - head on over and say hi! :)2024.05.15 05:20 kayenano The Villainess Is An SS+ Rank Adventurer: Chapter 239
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Synopsis:
Juliette Contzen is a lazy, good-for-nothing princess. Overshadowed by her siblings, she's left with little to do but nap, read ā¦ and occasionally cut the falling raindrops with her sword. Spotted one day by an astonished adventurer, he insists on grading Juliette's swordsmanship, then promptly has a mental breakdown at the result.
Soon after, Juliette is given the news that her kingdom is on the brink of bankruptcy. At threat of being married off, the lazy princess vows to do whatever it takes to maintain her current lifestyle, and taking matters into her own hands, escapes in the middle of the night in order to restore her kingdom's finances.
Tags: Comedy, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Copious Ohohohohos.
Chapter 239: Standing Start
A wine bottle rolled against the side of my boot.
Amidst a gallery of stunned faces and open mouths, it was easily the second most lively thing here.
The first was a clockwork doll clutching at her stomach in pain.
āAhahahha~ ahahaha~ ahah ā¦ uck ā¦ ack ā¦ ughh ā¦ ahahaha~ā
I pursed my lips.
Still, I said nothing.
For one thing, this was precisely what happened when one ate the mouldy cinnamon rolls combined with any grass growing by the side of the road. If Apple refused to eat something, then so should she.
But for anotherā
āWhat ā¦ What is this ā¦ ?ā
It was because the first response was reserved for the baroness.
Her words came out in a quivering tone, matching the disbelief upon her face.
Frankly, she had to do better than that.
Only the wine from the bottle I nudged away dribbled into the soil. And also the line of drool from a comatose farmer. But I didnāt want to think about that.
Still, it was an excellent benchmark. Until her tears could properly overpower the sour aroma from the ChĆ¢teau de RiarĆ© Hensoise, I would deem her bawling to be incomplete.
She had a long way to go.
āHow ā¦ How are you still ā¦ā she began, slowly rising from her seat. āThis ā¦ This is impossibleāā
I offered a tidy smile alongside a flick of my hair, relishing in the moonlight adorning my figure.
āI agree. It shouldnāt be possible. But I assure you, my skin is 100% natural.ā
āE-Excuse me ā¦ ?ā
āNo magical enchantments. No unicorn elixirs. No witchly glamors. Just a healthy sleep schedule of however many hours I desire and a diet of fresh strawberry shortcakes.ā
The baroness mouthed silently at my secrets being revealed.
A strange way of offering her gratitude. Other princesses hounded my door for this knowledge. Given her pale, blotchy skin and lips as dry as a pond in a desert, she should be pleading for more.
Instead, she pointed at the fallen drunk beside us.
āThis ā¦ This shouldnāt be possible ā¦ no, wait ā¦ the clockwork doll ā¦ did sheāā
She suddenly snapped towards Coppelia, her eyes widening.
āUuh ā¦ ahaha ā¦ ugh, it hurts ... ahaha ā¦ it hurts so much ā¦ ahaha ā¦ my tummy ā¦ aha ā¦ oh no ā¦ Iām ā¦ Iām seeing daisies ā¦ aha ā¦ I ā¦ ugh ā¦ I think I need help ā¦ā
Coppelia hugged her stomach, writhing like a freshly hatched caterpillar. Her eyes darkened as hiccups of laughter assailed her defeated form.
The baroness pursed her lips.
Then, she turned to Renise instead.
āDid youāā
āA-Amazing! ā¦ I ā¦ I have no idea what you did ā¦ but it wasnāt just wonderful ā¦ it was beautiful! The colours! The warmth! It was like a rainbow come to life!ā
With a smile worthy of any attendant, the maid brought her hands together in polite applause. Naturally, to be praised for my brushwork was nothing new to me. Nor was the sight of stars shining in her eyes with greater brightness than any in the night sky.
Why, that even came whenever I left my bedroom.
āYou ā¦ how did ā¦ how did you defeat him ā¦ ?ā
The strands of the baronessās golden hair began to frizzle as she turned towards me. All I saw were her tonsils. Bright red and healthy. She should be pleased.
āThis was ā¦ this was no common man ā¦ do you know who he is ā¦ ?ā
Without offering a chance to ignore her, she stamped a foot, pointing at the fallen drunk with maddened jabs. The man offered no defence, now as spent and drained as the bottle beside him.
I raised a brow.
āIndeed, I do. Heās a farmer who made poor life choices. And between leaving his farm and offering his pitchfork to an overly ambitious baroness, the greater was you. My congratulations on being the superior mistake. I acknowledge your triumph.ā
Bwam.
The baroness promptly slapped her palms down on the table.
āThis man ā¦ is Willem of Hagel,ā she said, her teeth gritted together. āA man desperate and cursed.ā
āYes, well, to be a peasant is a dire thing. But it could be worse. At least he isnāt nobility.ā
A mouth further widened before me.
Indeed, this was a terrible time to realise her affliction. But I was no famed angel of healing for nothing. There was a cure for ambition. And it involved copious amounts of tears.
I was still waiting.
āThere is no world in which you should have been able to defeat him ā¦ not if half the tales about him prove true ā¦ he is a famed opponent ā¦ all the while you are ā¦ you are ā¦ā
Suddenly, her eyes left my face for the very first time.
No longer feeling that my cheeks were in danger of being poked, she swept her eyes upon my person, as though hoping to find some blemish to signify I was as false as a field of corn.
She stopped at the sword by my side.
And alsoā
āA copper ring,ā she said softly.
Suddenly, my 29th house of cards I was subtly constructing collapsed.
ā¦ T-The ring!
The blot on my finger! The insidious badge of shame! The symbol of the Adventurerās Guild!
Why, Iād taken it for granted that my masterful disguise was impervious! But this was no ordinary noblewoman I was seated across!
This ā¦ This was one Iād previously sat across before!
Iād made a terrible mistake!
I was mesmerising! A beautiful princess as charming as I was modest!
There was utterly no scenario in which Iād be forgotten!
I ā¦ I should have removed the copper ring!
āO-Oho ā¦ ohoho ā¦ w-what copper ring?ā I said, my hands vanishing below the table at a speed con artists could only nod at. āAh, do you refer to the ruby inlaid ring I often carry on my hand? The one which changes colour depending on the longitude and latitude? In that case, you may very well have briefly spied something which resembled a copper hue. But it is in fact a thing of unparalleled beauty and craftsmanship. Not a disgraceful copper ring.ā
The baroness slowly looked up at me, her eyes blinking.
āNo. I wasnāt mistaken. I ā¦ I recognise that ring. It is a copper ring, the same size and shape as those worn by ā¦ adventurers.ā
My mouth widened in horror.
At once, I immediately sought a plant pot or a heavy book. Something to immediately erase the past few seconds of her memory.
Why ā¦ if she knew my secret, then the shame would haunt me all the way until Iād found something weighing at least equivalent to a standard hardback!
āI see,ā she mumbled, as much to herself as me. āI understand now ā¦ā
The baroness removed her palms from the table.
She stood up straight, a hard expression upon her face. One which calculated with each passing moment the optimal way to exploit this devastating information.
Then, she took in a deep breathājust as I began assembling the playing cards into a thick pile.
āā¦ it must be a legendary artifact.ā
As I began eyeing her temple ā¦ I blinked in non-understanding.
āExcuse me?ā
She nodded, her frown harsh enough to permanently crease her skin.
āTo wear such a plain, ugly and shameful ring ā¦ one which utterly demeans your history, your worth and your pride, destroying any semblance of dignity you possessāā
My hand went to my stomach, struck by as much pain as Coppelia had experienced in a single moment.
āāindeed, to wear a ring so easily mistaken as one belonging to adventurers, the vermin of the world ā¦ it must be a truly terrifying artifact.ā
I blinked.
And thenā
āOhhho ā¦ ohoohho! You ā¦ You see the truth of it!ā
The baroness squeezed her fists by her side.
āI knew it.ā
I nodded, my bangs bouncing against my forehead.
āI-Indeed ā¦ ! This ring I carry on me ā¦ it is a masterful item of supreme quality, passed down along generations of my family! Why, its appearance matching those of rings worn by adventurers is no coincidence! Theirs are based on this very design! Although they have since tarnished it, it was forged back in the first days of the kingdom when copper was greater than gold! Poured within it is knowledge now lost to time! A power beyond compare, called upon from the depths of the Royal Vault!ā
The baroness sucked in a hateful breath.
āThen that explains it,ā she said with bitterness ringing throughout her voice. āYou were able to defeat such a powerful adversary through the use of your familyās ancient heirlooms.ā
āIndeed, this powerful ring with a rare ability I cannot disclose defeated a terrifying farmer! Therefore, thereās no need for you to relay any suggestion that Iām anything but a princess, as far removed from the Adventurerās Guild as hygiene is to their members!ā
The baroness gave no response.
A respite which lasted far too short.
ā... I see, then it means the plan continues. Different, yes. But Iāll not be deterred.ā
She smiled, the familiar sight of aristocratic opportunism mixed with an utter denial of facts shining within her grey eyes.
I could only react with horror.
āPlan?ā I replied, convinced she was well and truly several sandwiches short of a picnic. āDo you mean the plan currently lying in a fallen heap beside us? Did you not just say I defeated your farmer? Your only plan now is to decide which part of the ground you wish to offer your forehead to.ā
The baroness shook her head with renewed confidence.
āI think not. To defeat Willem of Hagel, you must have expended every effort you had available. Not a crumb of power could be spared, for to underestimate him would have resulted in your certain loss. Meaning ā¦ā
Without hesitation, she gave a multipurpose wave of her hand.
ā... Youāve nothing left but a sword you cannot wield, and two retainers against all of mine. One of whom is incapacitated. The other a maid.ā
She continued to keep her hand raised. Her simple call to arms.
It took several moments before she cared to even look around her.
A sad thing.
If she had, she would have realised the curiosity of her hoodlums was less than their prudence.
She would have noticed the eyes without loyalty, seeing only the fallen figure of a drunk theyād been led to believe was more than a farmer now watering the ground with his drool.
And she would have noticed the state of her dress, as dishevelled as her ambitions as those she relied upon slinked away in search of newer gutters to inhabit, following instincts she could learn as the last of their feet shuffled into the darkness.
The baroness paled.
It was far too early for that. She had no idea Apple was currently resting in her tavern, and wouldnāt be helping her haul all of the goods which needed delivering to a place less damp than here.
But I could sooth her forthcoming backache with a smile, at least for the assistance already provided.
āYou have my gratitude,ā I said, brushing a speck of ā¦ countryside from my lap. āFor so long as the nobility continues to concoct slapdash schemes with no hope of success, the kingdom can continue to assign blame on you when all else goes wrong. When the mobs come calling and heads start rolling, it ensures a steady queue of necks can be offered before ours are reached. That is why the nobility continues to exist, you see, despite the ceaseless treason. So allow me to offer a word of advice when next you wish to survive in a position of responsibility. When fleeing, the best defence isnāt to run fasterāitās to trip the person beside you. And this means better hiring practices.ā
I glanced pointedly around me.
All this empty space and not even a single eyepatched second-in-command to use as a distraction? An amateur mistake. One the baroness now realised as her mouth opened wordlessly, the realisation of her solitude only now dawning upon her.
Yet all it invited was a newly wrought defiance.
āI do not mean to flee,ā she said, her fists tightly clenched. āI am Arisa Sandholt. And even should I be captured here, you would not be afforded a nightās rest. I am not alone. Whether tonight or tomorrow, this kingdom will fall. I am not alone in planning its demise.ā
I rolled my eyes.
āOh, please. Planning my kingdomās demise is what everyone does.ā
āWhat?ā
āIf itās not being actively planned, itās because someoneās in the middle of planning how to formulate a plan. And then once theyāve finished planning, they wonder why their plan didnāt work as planned. This is not a cause for concern. Itās a sign the world is still spinning the correct direction.ā
The baroness feigned a dignified silence.
It was far too late, of course. By default, nobility had no dignity.
Still, I accepted the effort, and filled the silence with a tidy clap of my hands.
āNow, since youāve no intention of fleeing, you can be useful instead. Iāll require a full inventory of your stock. I intend to requisition every single item you have in your possession. Every grain. Every crown. And every odd piece of tableware, carpet, candleholder and painting you might have.ā
I pointed at the barn. A tragic thing to requisition. But if I was fortunate, itād grow lacquered tiles and bay windows in the short steps between here and there.
Suddenly, the baronessās eyes widened. The needless defiance dropped alarmingly from her face.
āWait ā¦ what do you mean by that?ā
I paused for a moment, puzzled by her reaction.
This was hardly the complicated part.
āI mean exactly what I mean. This should come as no surprise. I will be emptying every corner of the property youāve misappropriated, including whatever manner of tunnels youāve carved for your use. Rest assured, Iāll be employing the talents of my retainers extensively. With or without your cooperation, every single inch of your abode will be inspected by myself for the Royal Treasuryās benefit.ā
She blinked between Renise and Coppelia. Although one was dressed as a maid and the other now appeared to be napping on the ground, their skills when it came to matters of unearthing valuables in my kingdomās underbelly was not one I doubted.
Nor, from the way the baroness gulped, did she.
āI can do it,ā she said suddenly.
I looked at her in confusion, uncertain what ploy this was.
ā... Excuse me? Do what?ā
āThe items of value. I can bring them out. Thereās no need to personally see to such a thing yourself.ā
āWhile Iām in full agreement, I can hardly trust your reliability in this manner. And besides, Iāll hardly be playing the mule. I shall be supervising while closely assessing every item.ā
Once more, the tonsils came out.
An appalling disregard of decorum. There was only one time that nobility was permitted to look so horrified in my presence. And thatās if they were copying my own after I discovered a list of marriage suitors posing as a napkin beneath the dessert spoon again.
āE-Even so ā¦ as the one who wronged you, I insist on not troubling a princess any further. If you give me a few moments, I can acquire the most important valuables for you in a fraction of the time youād spend on finding them.ā
āA few moments to hide them, you mean. No, Iām afraid that anything you wish to stuff beneath a floorboard will need to be appropriately examined first.ā
I leaned away in mild alarm as a bead of sweat ran down the baronessās face.
A moment laterā
She finally did what only someone in her position could.
Adhering to the instincts of all nobility, she swept up her dress and suddenly dashed away.
Except it wasnāt towards the dark forest, to be lost amidst the shadows and the jaws of whatever awaited her there. It was back towards the barn.
I watched as she stumbled several times before even reaching the steps.
ā... A desperate sight, no?ā I said, with a sad shake of my head. āTo throw away all semblance of the image sheād hoped to craft. Now she flees like a frightened towngirl. She should know that escape is now impossible.ā
Beside me, Renise let out a hum.
Far from chasing after the baroness, she collected the pack of cards Iād assembled for memory wiping purposes. She began to build a house of cards.
I looked at her in puzzlement. She gave a strangely pained smile in reply.
āI believe we can offer her a few moments.ā
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Synopsis:
Juliette Contzen is a lazy, good-for-nothing princess. Overshadowed by her siblings, she's left with little to do but nap, read ā¦ and occasionally cut the falling raindrops with her sword. Spotted one day by an astonished adventurer, he insists on grading Juliette's swordsmanship, then promptly has a mental breakdown at the result.
Soon after, Juliette is given the news that her kingdom is on the brink of bankruptcy. At threat of being married off, the lazy princess vows to do whatever it takes to maintain her current lifestyle, and taking matters into her own hands, escapes in the middle of the night in order to restore her kingdom's finances.
Tags: Comedy, Adventure, Action, Fantasy, Copious Ohohohohos.
Chapter 239: Standing Start
A wine bottle rolled against the side of my boot.
Amidst a gallery of stunned faces and open mouths, it was easily the second most lively thing here.
The first was a clockwork doll clutching at her stomach in pain.
āAhahahha~ ahahaha~ ahah ā¦ uck ā¦ ack ā¦ ughh ā¦ ahahaha~ā
I pursed my lips.
Still, I said nothing.
For one thing, this was precisely what happened when one ate the mouldy cinnamon rolls combined with any grass growing by the side of the road. If Apple refused to eat something, then so should she.
But for anotherā
āWhat ā¦ What is this ā¦ ?ā
It was because the first response was reserved for the baroness.
Her words came out in a quivering tone, matching the disbelief upon her face.
Frankly, she had to do better than that.
Only the wine from the bottle I nudged away dribbled into the soil. And also the line of drool from a comatose farmer. But I didnāt want to think about that.
Still, it was an excellent benchmark. Until her tears could properly overpower the sour aroma from the ChĆ¢teau de RiarĆ© Hensoise, I would deem her bawling to be incomplete.
She had a long way to go.
āHow ā¦ How are you still ā¦ā she began, slowly rising from her seat. āThis ā¦ This is impossibleāā
I offered a tidy smile alongside a flick of my hair, relishing in the moonlight adorning my figure.
āI agree. It shouldnāt be possible. But I assure you, my skin is 100% natural.ā
āE-Excuse me ā¦ ?ā
āNo magical enchantments. No unicorn elixirs. No witchly glamors. Just a healthy sleep schedule of however many hours I desire and a diet of fresh strawberry shortcakes.ā
The baroness mouthed silently at my secrets being revealed.
A strange way of offering her gratitude. Other princesses hounded my door for this knowledge. Given her pale, blotchy skin and lips as dry as a pond in a desert, she should be pleading for more.
Instead, she pointed at the fallen drunk beside us.
āThis ā¦ This shouldnāt be possible ā¦ no, wait ā¦ the clockwork doll ā¦ did sheāā
She suddenly snapped towards Coppelia, her eyes widening.
āUuh ā¦ ahaha ā¦ ugh, it hurts ... ahaha ā¦ it hurts so much ā¦ ahaha ā¦ my tummy ā¦ aha ā¦ oh no ā¦ Iām ā¦ Iām seeing daisies ā¦ aha ā¦ I ā¦ ugh ā¦ I think I need help ā¦ā
Coppelia hugged her stomach, writhing like a freshly hatched caterpillar. Her eyes darkened as hiccups of laughter assailed her defeated form.
The baroness pursed her lips.
Then, she turned to Renise instead.
āDid youāā
āA-Amazing! ā¦ I ā¦ I have no idea what you did ā¦ but it wasnāt just wonderful ā¦ it was beautiful! The colours! The warmth! It was like a rainbow come to life!ā
With a smile worthy of any attendant, the maid brought her hands together in polite applause. Naturally, to be praised for my brushwork was nothing new to me. Nor was the sight of stars shining in her eyes with greater brightness than any in the night sky.
Why, that even came whenever I left my bedroom.
āYou ā¦ how did ā¦ how did you defeat him ā¦ ?ā
The strands of the baronessās golden hair began to frizzle as she turned towards me. All I saw were her tonsils. Bright red and healthy. She should be pleased.
āThis was ā¦ this was no common man ā¦ do you know who he is ā¦ ?ā
Without offering a chance to ignore her, she stamped a foot, pointing at the fallen drunk with maddened jabs. The man offered no defence, now as spent and drained as the bottle beside him.
I raised a brow.
āIndeed, I do. Heās a farmer who made poor life choices. And between leaving his farm and offering his pitchfork to an overly ambitious baroness, the greater was you. My congratulations on being the superior mistake. I acknowledge your triumph.ā
Bwam.
The baroness promptly slapped her palms down on the table.
āThis man ā¦ is Willem of Hagel,ā she said, her teeth gritted together. āA man desperate and cursed.ā
āYes, well, to be a peasant is a dire thing. But it could be worse. At least he isnāt nobility.ā
A mouth further widened before me.
Indeed, this was a terrible time to realise her affliction. But I was no famed angel of healing for nothing. There was a cure for ambition. And it involved copious amounts of tears.
I was still waiting.
āThere is no world in which you should have been able to defeat him ā¦ not if half the tales about him prove true ā¦ he is a famed opponent ā¦ all the while you are ā¦ you are ā¦ā
Suddenly, her eyes left my face for the very first time.
No longer feeling that my cheeks were in danger of being poked, she swept her eyes upon my person, as though hoping to find some blemish to signify I was as false as a field of corn.
She stopped at the sword by my side.
And alsoā
āA copper ring,ā she said softly.
Suddenly, my 29th house of cards I was subtly constructing collapsed.
ā¦ T-The ring!
The blot on my finger! The insidious badge of shame! The symbol of the Adventurerās Guild!
Why, Iād taken it for granted that my masterful disguise was impervious! But this was no ordinary noblewoman I was seated across!
This ā¦ This was one Iād previously sat across before!
Iād made a terrible mistake!
I was mesmerising! A beautiful princess as charming as I was modest!
There was utterly no scenario in which Iād be forgotten!
I ā¦ I should have removed the copper ring!
āO-Oho ā¦ ohoho ā¦ w-what copper ring?ā I said, my hands vanishing below the table at a speed con artists could only nod at. āAh, do you refer to the ruby inlaid ring I often carry on my hand? The one which changes colour depending on the longitude and latitude? In that case, you may very well have briefly spied something which resembled a copper hue. But it is in fact a thing of unparalleled beauty and craftsmanship. Not a disgraceful copper ring.ā
The baroness slowly looked up at me, her eyes blinking.
āNo. I wasnāt mistaken. I ā¦ I recognise that ring. It is a copper ring, the same size and shape as those worn by ā¦ adventurers.ā
My mouth widened in horror.
At once, I immediately sought a plant pot or a heavy book. Something to immediately erase the past few seconds of her memory.
Why ā¦ if she knew my secret, then the shame would haunt me all the way until Iād found something weighing at least equivalent to a standard hardback!
āI see,ā she mumbled, as much to herself as me. āI understand now ā¦ā
The baroness removed her palms from the table.
She stood up straight, a hard expression upon her face. One which calculated with each passing moment the optimal way to exploit this devastating information.
Then, she took in a deep breathājust as I began assembling the playing cards into a thick pile.
āā¦ it must be a legendary artifact.ā
As I began eyeing her temple ā¦ I blinked in non-understanding.
āExcuse me?ā
She nodded, her frown harsh enough to permanently crease her skin.
āTo wear such a plain, ugly and shameful ring ā¦ one which utterly demeans your history, your worth and your pride, destroying any semblance of dignity you possessāā
My hand went to my stomach, struck by as much pain as Coppelia had experienced in a single moment.
āāindeed, to wear a ring so easily mistaken as one belonging to adventurers, the vermin of the world ā¦ it must be a truly terrifying artifact.ā
I blinked.
And thenā
āOhhho ā¦ ohoohho! You ā¦ You see the truth of it!ā
The baroness squeezed her fists by her side.
āI knew it.ā
I nodded, my bangs bouncing against my forehead.
āI-Indeed ā¦ ! This ring I carry on me ā¦ it is a masterful item of supreme quality, passed down along generations of my family! Why, its appearance matching those of rings worn by adventurers is no coincidence! Theirs are based on this very design! Although they have since tarnished it, it was forged back in the first days of the kingdom when copper was greater than gold! Poured within it is knowledge now lost to time! A power beyond compare, called upon from the depths of the Royal Vault!ā
The baroness sucked in a hateful breath.
āThen that explains it,ā she said with bitterness ringing throughout her voice. āYou were able to defeat such a powerful adversary through the use of your familyās ancient heirlooms.ā
āIndeed, this powerful ring with a rare ability I cannot disclose defeated a terrifying farmer! Therefore, thereās no need for you to relay any suggestion that Iām anything but a princess, as far removed from the Adventurerās Guild as hygiene is to their members!ā
The baroness gave no response.
A respite which lasted far too short.
ā... I see, then it means the plan continues. Different, yes. But Iāll not be deterred.ā
She smiled, the familiar sight of aristocratic opportunism mixed with an utter denial of facts shining within her grey eyes.
I could only react with horror.
āPlan?ā I replied, convinced she was well and truly several sandwiches short of a picnic. āDo you mean the plan currently lying in a fallen heap beside us? Did you not just say I defeated your farmer? Your only plan now is to decide which part of the ground you wish to offer your forehead to.ā
The baroness shook her head with renewed confidence.
āI think not. To defeat Willem of Hagel, you must have expended every effort you had available. Not a crumb of power could be spared, for to underestimate him would have resulted in your certain loss. Meaning ā¦ā
Without hesitation, she gave a multipurpose wave of her hand.
ā... Youāve nothing left but a sword you cannot wield, and two retainers against all of mine. One of whom is incapacitated. The other a maid.ā
She continued to keep her hand raised. Her simple call to arms.
It took several moments before she cared to even look around her.
A sad thing.
If she had, she would have realised the curiosity of her hoodlums was less than their prudence.
She would have noticed the eyes without loyalty, seeing only the fallen figure of a drunk theyād been led to believe was more than a farmer now watering the ground with his drool.
And she would have noticed the state of her dress, as dishevelled as her ambitions as those she relied upon slinked away in search of newer gutters to inhabit, following instincts she could learn as the last of their feet shuffled into the darkness.
The baroness paled.
It was far too early for that. She had no idea Apple was currently resting in her tavern, and wouldnāt be helping her haul all of the goods which needed delivering to a place less damp than here.
But I could sooth her forthcoming backache with a smile, at least for the assistance already provided.
āYou have my gratitude,ā I said, brushing a speck of ā¦ countryside from my lap. āFor so long as the nobility continues to concoct slapdash schemes with no hope of success, the kingdom can continue to assign blame on you when all else goes wrong. When the mobs come calling and heads start rolling, it ensures a steady queue of necks can be offered before ours are reached. That is why the nobility continues to exist, you see, despite the ceaseless treason. So allow me to offer a word of advice when next you wish to survive in a position of responsibility. When fleeing, the best defence isnāt to run fasterāitās to trip the person beside you. And this means better hiring practices.ā
I glanced pointedly around me.
All this empty space and not even a single eyepatched second-in-command to use as a distraction? An amateur mistake. One the baroness now realised as her mouth opened wordlessly, the realisation of her solitude only now dawning upon her.
Yet all it invited was a newly wrought defiance.
āI do not mean to flee,ā she said, her fists tightly clenched. āI am Arisa Sandholt. And even should I be captured here, you would not be afforded a nightās rest. I am not alone. Whether tonight or tomorrow, this kingdom will fall. I am not alone in planning its demise.ā
I rolled my eyes.
āOh, please. Planning my kingdomās demise is what everyone does.ā
āWhat?ā
āIf itās not being actively planned, itās because someoneās in the middle of planning how to formulate a plan. And then once theyāve finished planning, they wonder why their plan didnāt work as planned. This is not a cause for concern. Itās a sign the world is still spinning the correct direction.ā
The baroness feigned a dignified silence.
It was far too late, of course. By default, nobility had no dignity.
Still, I accepted the effort, and filled the silence with a tidy clap of my hands.
āNow, since youāve no intention of fleeing, you can be useful instead. Iāll require a full inventory of your stock. I intend to requisition every single item you have in your possession. Every grain. Every crown. And every odd piece of tableware, carpet, candleholder and painting you might have.ā
I pointed at the barn. A tragic thing to requisition. But if I was fortunate, itād grow lacquered tiles and bay windows in the short steps between here and there.
Suddenly, the baronessās eyes widened. The needless defiance dropped alarmingly from her face.
āWait ā¦ what do you mean by that?ā
I paused for a moment, puzzled by her reaction.
This was hardly the complicated part.
āI mean exactly what I mean. This should come as no surprise. I will be emptying every corner of the property youāve misappropriated, including whatever manner of tunnels youāve carved for your use. Rest assured, Iāll be employing the talents of my retainers extensively. With or without your cooperation, every single inch of your abode will be inspected by myself for the Royal Treasuryās benefit.ā
She blinked between Renise and Coppelia. Although one was dressed as a maid and the other now appeared to be napping on the ground, their skills when it came to matters of unearthing valuables in my kingdomās underbelly was not one I doubted.
Nor, from the way the baroness gulped, did she.
āI can do it,ā she said suddenly.
I looked at her in confusion, uncertain what ploy this was.
ā... Excuse me? Do what?ā
āThe items of value. I can bring them out. Thereās no need to personally see to such a thing yourself.ā
āWhile Iām in full agreement, I can hardly trust your reliability in this manner. And besides, Iāll hardly be playing the mule. I shall be supervising while closely assessing every item.ā
Once more, the tonsils came out.
An appalling disregard of decorum. There was only one time that nobility was permitted to look so horrified in my presence. And thatās if they were copying my own after I discovered a list of marriage suitors posing as a napkin beneath the dessert spoon again.
āE-Even so ā¦ as the one who wronged you, I insist on not troubling a princess any further. If you give me a few moments, I can acquire the most important valuables for you in a fraction of the time youād spend on finding them.ā
āA few moments to hide them, you mean. No, Iām afraid that anything you wish to stuff beneath a floorboard will need to be appropriately examined first.ā
I leaned away in mild alarm as a bead of sweat ran down the baronessās face.
A moment laterā
She finally did what only someone in her position could.
Adhering to the instincts of all nobility, she swept up her dress and suddenly dashed away.
Except it wasnāt towards the dark forest, to be lost amidst the shadows and the jaws of whatever awaited her there. It was back towards the barn.
I watched as she stumbled several times before even reaching the steps.
ā... A desperate sight, no?ā I said, with a sad shake of my head. āTo throw away all semblance of the image sheād hoped to craft. Now she flees like a frightened towngirl. She should know that escape is now impossible.ā
Beside me, Renise let out a hum.
Far from chasing after the baroness, she collected the pack of cards Iād assembled for memory wiping purposes. She began to build a house of cards.
I looked at her in puzzlement. She gave a strangely pained smile in reply.
āI believe we can offer her a few moments.ā
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2024.05.15 03:59 AcanthaceaeFancy3887 The truth about this show and so many others like it...
So I made this comment to another person's post recently about her feeling annoyed at the teachestudent relationship in Maxton Hall and that it wasn't being properly addressed as toxic. I agree. But that's hardly my only issue with the show. Because a lot of really young people are into these genres, I feel the need to address these points as someone who's actually lived the Ruby/James storyline, different ways and multiple times. A veteran, one might say. You can take my statements as a grain of salt, or whatever you like, but may those who have ears listen:
Spoilers throughout if someone hasn't finished the season:
This is the thing...I actually find the lead actors cute and super talented even despite this being a genre that I find deplorably predictable and drab. I actually only got invested to improve my German, sadly now I'm actually invested in the characters at this point despite me seeing everything that's going to happen a mile away, because a lot of these writers who may actually be creative but stifle it for the sake of hashing out another "proven to make money" storyline that has been recreated time and time again. Yes, the teachestudent situation is problematic not because they're both consenting individuals who or of age, but because apparently they knew each long before which hints that she would've most likely have been a minor when the relationship took form. Maybe people who have read the books can shed better light on the matter.
Beyond that, my biggest issue with these common bad boy meets good girl trope shows beyond how oversaturated the romance world is with these stories (damn, not even a reversal like good boy meets bad girl), is the very negative expectations they put on real girls out there. These stories fuel the idea that they "can fix him" and even those overly toxic traits he possesses should be downplayed in some way, and even the slightest redeemable qualities he shows should be made out as holy. This is one of the large reasons I hate this genre. For example, despite James's slight transition in S1 (and yes, I'm fully aware that he will most likely continue to change for the better in some ways), to say I think Ruby deserves better is an understatement. Women/girls keep fawning over the swimming pool scene where he saves Ruby, but I was honestly pissed at him for this whole catastrophic scenario and how it unfolded. Firstly, he invited her to this godforsaken hive of scum and villainy of a party despite him knowing full well this is not normally her scene, ignores Ruby's actualized fears of pupils teasing hedisliking her for being with James, and gives her an invitation into the lion's den thinking she'll come out unscathed? For someone who hints at himself having an impressive GPA, I'm not impressed by his lack of logical deduction. When viewed from this perspective, the blame of Ruby getting pushed into the pool and being triggered into a panic attack that nearly got her drowned largely rests on James's shoulders, especially as one of the sole people at that party claiming to "care" about her. Despite this, no open moment from James of reflection of responsibility for what took place there and nothing even remotely resembling an apology not even the following morning of the incident, but rather even gave off the impression that it wasn't even that big of a deal. He sent a text asking if she was doing better (not even the first text the following morning, mind you), and that was the end of that. Not a question or care more before a slew of flirting between the two. Of course, at that point Ruby is already infatuated with him, so it makes little difference. But to someone from the outside looking in, the selfishness and ambivalence is glaringly obvious.
It's an ongoing theme in S1 that apparently getting apologies out of James is like pulling teeth (another highly toxic masculinity trait that we need to stop treating with humor or something "enduring" when interest is involved). I believe I counted him saying it only twice in the last episodes and it was always backed by some sort of excuse "but I did it because I was embarrassed by my parents...sorry, but I can't...my father...etc." In reality he's been needing to give proper apologies since the show began, but the moment he finally formulates the words, it's always accompanied by some excuse? Immaturity. What was the topper on the cake for me and an ultimate red flag (yes, yes...it's fantasy, a show...but in real life, run for the hills), he continues to take decisions that should normally involve both of them, into his own hands and gravely gauging her whims wrongly in these situations. First with the poster of them, then again ending the relationship in order to "protect" her. He's very creative at finding solutions when it's getting back at Ruby for things in the beginning, but now he's just willing to throw in the towel anytime he has to fight for their relationship? Again questioning his logical capabilities and even his intentions at this point. Perhaps it's actually just rooted in him being afraid of commitment after a life of whoring himself out to hush people up or a slew of one night stands which has left him detached? If not, as I suspect it isn't, a form of self-sabotage due to his father's hold on him. I know it's most likely the latter, and as relatable and sad as that may be, this is catastrophic and needs therapy to get resolved. Rose-tinted romance isn't going to fix that (trust me, speaking from experience, girlies). And to make matters worse, I can read the handwriting on the wall from the last episode ending, that James is liable to take matters into his own hands again and hurt Ruby because he keeps trying to decide what HE thinks is best for HER life. I'm not a teen or in my early twenties watching this show, so I tend to view these from a mother hen type of perspective. If you see a guy like James Beaufort, it might be entertaining on TV or film, but in REAL life, run for the hills unless you have written proof he's attending therapy and counselling for his issues and start seeing a difference. My interest in the show is starting to wane after already guessing (like most things in this show and others of its genre) what's coming next season...such as James getting cold feet, taking executive control of their relationship again and bailing...very sure. I don't even need to read the books for that. I've lived this, girlies.
Hopefully, the writers exceed my expectations and do something unexpected. As I said in another post, it wouldn't be the most drastic of plot twists, but make the chauffeur the old flame James's mother was alluded to and have James secretly be his kid, which would give light on why he acts like a father figure (or at least the closest positive one James has) and his passionate defense of James. That would maybe keep me invested and one my toes knowing there are actually all these secrets being unraveled. Okay, anyway, that's my rant on this. That was waaay too long. Bye.
Update: Since this post got a lot of backlash, I'm happy to discover an interview with the lead actors where the summarize the same as what I stated here and in my responses to people below, haha:
https://youtu.be/IrSbe1ecqcc?si=ALOpVt2GM7hfigOF
Harriet & Damian: James is a big walking flag. Ruby should run. James needs therapy and needs to work on himself. There you have it, folks. Straight from the horse's mouth. š
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Spoilers throughout if someone hasn't finished the season:
This is the thing...I actually find the lead actors cute and super talented even despite this being a genre that I find deplorably predictable and drab. I actually only got invested to improve my German, sadly now I'm actually invested in the characters at this point despite me seeing everything that's going to happen a mile away, because a lot of these writers who may actually be creative but stifle it for the sake of hashing out another "proven to make money" storyline that has been recreated time and time again. Yes, the teachestudent situation is problematic not because they're both consenting individuals who or of age, but because apparently they knew each long before which hints that she would've most likely have been a minor when the relationship took form. Maybe people who have read the books can shed better light on the matter.
Beyond that, my biggest issue with these common bad boy meets good girl trope shows beyond how oversaturated the romance world is with these stories (damn, not even a reversal like good boy meets bad girl), is the very negative expectations they put on real girls out there. These stories fuel the idea that they "can fix him" and even those overly toxic traits he possesses should be downplayed in some way, and even the slightest redeemable qualities he shows should be made out as holy. This is one of the large reasons I hate this genre. For example, despite James's slight transition in S1 (and yes, I'm fully aware that he will most likely continue to change for the better in some ways), to say I think Ruby deserves better is an understatement. Women/girls keep fawning over the swimming pool scene where he saves Ruby, but I was honestly pissed at him for this whole catastrophic scenario and how it unfolded. Firstly, he invited her to this godforsaken hive of scum and villainy of a party despite him knowing full well this is not normally her scene, ignores Ruby's actualized fears of pupils teasing hedisliking her for being with James, and gives her an invitation into the lion's den thinking she'll come out unscathed? For someone who hints at himself having an impressive GPA, I'm not impressed by his lack of logical deduction. When viewed from this perspective, the blame of Ruby getting pushed into the pool and being triggered into a panic attack that nearly got her drowned largely rests on James's shoulders, especially as one of the sole people at that party claiming to "care" about her. Despite this, no open moment from James of reflection of responsibility for what took place there and nothing even remotely resembling an apology not even the following morning of the incident, but rather even gave off the impression that it wasn't even that big of a deal. He sent a text asking if she was doing better (not even the first text the following morning, mind you), and that was the end of that. Not a question or care more before a slew of flirting between the two. Of course, at that point Ruby is already infatuated with him, so it makes little difference. But to someone from the outside looking in, the selfishness and ambivalence is glaringly obvious.
It's an ongoing theme in S1 that apparently getting apologies out of James is like pulling teeth (another highly toxic masculinity trait that we need to stop treating with humor or something "enduring" when interest is involved). I believe I counted him saying it only twice in the last episodes and it was always backed by some sort of excuse "but I did it because I was embarrassed by my parents...sorry, but I can't...my father...etc." In reality he's been needing to give proper apologies since the show began, but the moment he finally formulates the words, it's always accompanied by some excuse? Immaturity. What was the topper on the cake for me and an ultimate red flag (yes, yes...it's fantasy, a show...but in real life, run for the hills), he continues to take decisions that should normally involve both of them, into his own hands and gravely gauging her whims wrongly in these situations. First with the poster of them, then again ending the relationship in order to "protect" her. He's very creative at finding solutions when it's getting back at Ruby for things in the beginning, but now he's just willing to throw in the towel anytime he has to fight for their relationship? Again questioning his logical capabilities and even his intentions at this point. Perhaps it's actually just rooted in him being afraid of commitment after a life of whoring himself out to hush people up or a slew of one night stands which has left him detached? If not, as I suspect it isn't, a form of self-sabotage due to his father's hold on him. I know it's most likely the latter, and as relatable and sad as that may be, this is catastrophic and needs therapy to get resolved. Rose-tinted romance isn't going to fix that (trust me, speaking from experience, girlies). And to make matters worse, I can read the handwriting on the wall from the last episode ending, that James is liable to take matters into his own hands again and hurt Ruby because he keeps trying to decide what HE thinks is best for HER life. I'm not a teen or in my early twenties watching this show, so I tend to view these from a mother hen type of perspective. If you see a guy like James Beaufort, it might be entertaining on TV or film, but in REAL life, run for the hills unless you have written proof he's attending therapy and counselling for his issues and start seeing a difference. My interest in the show is starting to wane after already guessing (like most things in this show and others of its genre) what's coming next season...such as James getting cold feet, taking executive control of their relationship again and bailing...very sure. I don't even need to read the books for that. I've lived this, girlies.
Hopefully, the writers exceed my expectations and do something unexpected. As I said in another post, it wouldn't be the most drastic of plot twists, but make the chauffeur the old flame James's mother was alluded to and have James secretly be his kid, which would give light on why he acts like a father figure (or at least the closest positive one James has) and his passionate defense of James. That would maybe keep me invested and one my toes knowing there are actually all these secrets being unraveled. Okay, anyway, that's my rant on this. That was waaay too long. Bye.
Update: Since this post got a lot of backlash, I'm happy to discover an interview with the lead actors where the summarize the same as what I stated here and in my responses to people below, haha:
https://youtu.be/IrSbe1ecqcc?si=ALOpVt2GM7hfigOF
Harriet & Damian: James is a big walking flag. Ruby should run. James needs therapy and needs to work on himself. There you have it, folks. Straight from the horse's mouth. š
2024.05.15 00:02 LunabelleHaven This week on Horde Bloodsail Pug (14 - 20 May 2024)
 | Hello Bloodsail. submitted by LunabelleHaven to BloodsailBuccaneers [link] [comments] As we gear up for the cataclysmic changes ahead, let's dive into the last hurrah of our weekly raid calendar for Wrath. First off, huge shoutout for the responses to our survey! Your feedback has been invaluable. Keep it coming as we got one more week! You may have seen me buzzing about the "Big Ol' Hordie Photo Op" event happening this Saturday, May 18th, at 6 PM server time in Orgrimmar. Go to BSB Discord > Big Ol' Hordie Sign Up! I want to wrap this up by giving a nod to my late-night raiding crew. With Wrath, I wasn't sure about leading raids, but fate had other plans as someone tapped my shoulder with an offer of collaboration. I found myself leading our late-night raids finishing Ulduar, then Trial of the Crusader, and ICC (And Ruby Sanctum š). I aimed for a raid situation that embraced goals, collective problem-solving, and turned struggles into lessons. We supported each other and leaned on our community friends. Before Christmas, we were 11/12. With that sweet buff, we took down the King in Jan, and we're ending Wrath with 11/12 heroics. =š Our diversity mirrors Azeroth itself. We're women and men, young and mature, from the rainbow community and as allies; individuals and couples who share their pet pics. We're smart and thoughtful. We're artists, storytellers and everything in between. We supported each other through life's ups and downs, as individuals cared for their parents, coped with loss, welcomed a new :baby_tone3:, and embraced change in RL work - all while taking down bosses and sharing bad jokes. But what I'm most proud of? Eight of our original ten are still raiding together. š Our confidence grew as new members shared their awesome with us. So here's to my late-night crew š» and everyone who's been a part of our journey. You're all incredible and heaps of fun. Bring on Cataclysm! See you at Big Ol' Hordie! This week on Horde Bloodsail Pug (14 - 20 May 2024) |
2024.05.14 23:53 LunabelleHaven This week on Horde Bloodsail Pug (14 - 20 May 2024)
 | Hello Bloodsail. submitted by LunabelleHaven to BloodsailBuccaneers [link] [comments] As we gear up for the cataclysmic changes ahead, let's dive into the last hurrah of our weekly raid calendar for Wrath. First off, huge shoutout for the responses to our survey! Your feedback has been invaluable. Keep it coming as we got one more week! You may have seen me buzzing about the "Big Ol' Hordie Photo Op" event happening this Saturday, May 18th, at 6 PM server time in Orgrimmar. Sign up on BSB Discord > https://discord.com/channels/908989793688485909/1239509598595977277/1239530490470600735 I want to wrap this up by giving a nod to my late-night raiding crew. With Wrath, I wasn't sure about leading raids, but fate had other plans as someone tapped my shoulder with an offer of collaboration. I found myself leading our late-night raids finishing Ulduar, then Trial of the Crusader, and ICC (And Ruby Sanctum :unamused:). I aimed for a raid situation that embraced goals, collective problem-solving, and turned struggles into lessons. We supported each other and leaned on our community friends. Before Christmas, we were 11/12. With that sweet buff, we took down the King in Jan, and we're ending Wrath with 11/12 heroics. :trophy: Our diversity mirrors Azeroth itself. We're women and men, young and mature, from the rainbow community and as allies; individuals and couples who share their pet pics. We're smart and thoughtful. We're artists, storytellers and everything in between. We supported each other through life's ups and downs, as individuals cared for their parents, coped with loss, welcomed a new :baby_tone3:, and embraced change in RL work - all while taking down bosses and sharing bad jokes. But what I'm most proud of? Eight of our original ten are still raiding together. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye: Our confidence grew as new members shared their awesome with us. So here's to my late-night crew :beers: and everyone who's been a part of our journey. You're all incredible and heaps of fun. Bring on Cataclysm! See you at Big Ol' Hordie! This week on Horde Bloodsail Pug (14 - 20 May 2024) |
2024.05.14 21:47 dragonshouter The shaman of Muck returns( end of spirit conflict sub event)
 | NOTICE: This was taken from a group chat with the participants. u/AnActualCriminal , u/avamir , u/HalfDrowShaman , u/DragonWisper56 . That's why it is weirdly formated; I tried my best. submitted by dragonshouter to wizardposting [link] [comments] The party enters the spirit world, that land of infinite mist where concepts have form. Last time the group had discovered the location of the Exalted beacon and now they can see the spirits domain on the horizon(?). The domain of the of the spirit is a shining citadel made of crystal and marble. There are lines of silver and gold throughout the whole compound. Light radiates like miniature sun. In place of a sun or moon floats a giant metallic eye... watching. As the party arrive they notice something, there are no shadows in this realm Crispin: *Crispin is jostled awake by Ichor and spills out onto the ground covered in tar.* "Eugh. What? Oh yeah. Exalted Beacon. Shit tracks." Riva: Riva seems... ill at ease, guarded. Crispin: *Crispin looks at the giant metal eye for a bit too long.* He get's sunspots Riva: "Don't look into the giant lights, imp." Riva lets out a loooonng sigh. Agnur: Agnur weaves illusion around them it would be bad if they were spotted Drow: *the drow casts soul shadow and light eater to give herself some magic sunglasses* Riva: Riva just squints. "Do we attempt to kill everyone, or do you think there's a possibility of converting them back from... this?" She gestures vaguely. Agnur: They took our friend, they made their choice Riva: "I tend to agree with you. But at the same time... killing the zealous because of the new religion they picked up isn't the greatest look."10:33 AMRiva makes some... warding circle shades? and places them on her face. Crispin: "Let's fucking defile this place. Stupid giant sexy eyes blinding me." Riva: Riva grimaces at the whole "sexy eyes" thing. Ugh. "Works for me. Let's do this." Agnur: regardless of sexing eyes how are we going to get in? As the party walks up up to a tall wall around the citadel. Drow: I can just walk up this Crispin: "I can fly. Lookit." *He does, in spite of his wings looking like one of those oil spill ducks from a Dawn ad.* Drow: *the drow walks up the walls casually* *she makes it to the top and then shoots some ephemeral ropes out of her armor, tethering them to the wall* Riva: Riva takes a rope and begins climbing up... in a manner like Adam West Batman, admittedly. But she isn't going to ask for a memory from Crispin so she can teleport up. Agnur: Agnur climbs up Ichor: *Ichor slorps up a rope with peculiar viscosity as Crispin lands at the top.* The group looks over the wall As they do they notice how...still it is. Nothing is out of place, there is no dirt or dust, no noise or bustle. Only silence except for a few sentries. Moving through the streets are some weird creature. It is like a shadow except shadows don't exist here. The aren't light however, just not shadows. Silver "shadows" will do for now; they stalk the streets. On top of towers however sit zealot priests in pale robes, watching Drow: "sentries. Some kind of... Silver shadow monster..." "you wanna go in hot or cold guys?" Crispin: "I can make a distraction. Gotta call in a debt though." *Crispin rattles a bag of teeth.* Riva: "They don't seem to be tethered to the priest but they seem kinda similar to the undead type shadow. There is something soul adjacent about them. Probably touching you does some sort of damage to your spirit." "I wonder whether killing the priests would rid us of the... spirits." Crispin: "Guys I think we're being too thinky here. These are order guys right? All this strategy plays right into their hands." *He rattles the bag again.* "C'moooooon." Agnur: I mean it would give us some cover... Drow: "why don't I just sneak ahead and try to grab one of those guys first" "just make sure I have backup" Riva: "That works for me." Drow: *the drow begins sneaking along the wall as best she can towards the nearest priest tower* Ichor: *Ichor clings to the outside of the top of the wall, trailing behind Drow.* Drow is able to sneak up the tower un-noticed. The guards are spaced out because they have a giant eye in the sky( literally). She gets behind the guy and hear muttered prayer. *the drow does a series of actions in rapid succession. First she creates a bubble of mute, then she taps the man on the back making him go blind and deaf, and finally she grips him by the neck and begins choking him out* Drow: [do we want this guy alive or dead?] []= telepathic cummunication Agnur: [he can't talk if he's dead. lets get information first] Drow: [ok let me disable him...] *the drow touches two hands to the man's head and begins dripping horrors into his mind until he passes out from fear* [ok. What do you guys want to ask him?] Agnur: [what the fuck is he and what does he do. we need to know how dangerous he is] Crispin: [Where's our boy? And do these shitheads know we're coming for him?] Drow: [ok! I'll try the normal way first, if he doesn't comply I'll kill him and ask his soul] *the drow creates an illusory similacrum of herself and places it inside the man's mind, she asks his inner consciousness the following questions and listens for his answers* "hey guy, who are you?" "You will pay infidel!!! The great and glorious Exalted Beacon will end you! Their (he goes into like a thousand titles and compliment I am not writing) will force you to kneel before them. All shall kneel before them so sayth their loyal preist and servant Atticus!!! Drow: what does this exalted Beacon look like Exalted Beacon is beautiful a statuesque, thirty feet tall, being made of the most stunning marble, crystal and precious metal. Their voice is a chorus, their eyes are brilliant rubies. They have a mosaic halo of gold with eyes on it. They also float above the ground because they are to good to tred upon it. The rest is repetitive praise Drow: *within the zealot's mind he sees the drow prance about, threatening him. Then he sees the exalted beacon launch a bolt of light through the sky, exploding the simulacrum of the drow**the exalted beacon stands tall in the distance and booms at him*"I have come to save my loyal servant" "tell me thy purpose servant, so I shall have it known" (this is an illusion) "Thank you my master! I am but a mere secondary sentry, but one of the ones that joined you willingly unlike those plebian villagers. ( he just continues blubbering thanks) Drow: "good! And have you been enjoying the powers you have been granted? Describe your abilities to me, compare yourself to your cohort" "you have done well. If you are worhty I shall grant you more powers" Thank you lord. You have granted me the ability to smite those in your name with radiant light. I could fight toe to toe with the lowest of mages. I am slightly above average amongst my cohort but I serve well enough guarding the domain. I am also tasked with commanding the Vestiges of Shadow you have given me. Like hounds of war they hunt down the non-believers and drain them of energy before I can bring them to you. Drow: "I see. How goes your training with the vestiges of shadow? Tell me every relevant detail about them" Riva: Riva waits expectantly for him to spill the beans. Of course master. They are made from the shadows of your prisoners at the throne. Screaming you praises for all eternity. This torment shatters there soul to create these vestiges in place of their shadows. From then on they act as loyal servants and drain the disgusting essence of show from a persons being. Without you intervention a person could not survive long without it. That shadow needs to be replaced with your energy to remain among the living. Drow: *the drow relays this information telepathically* Riva: [ "I wonder if their shadows, and parts of their soul, can be returned to them." "Another idea. Can you mimic a vestige, Drow? We are terrible nonbelievers, and you could bring us to this being. Once we have a way of dispelling its power, of course."] Drow: [yes, I should be able to mimic one][he also mentioned the eternal torment of the civilians was how they separated their souls to make the shadows][if we disrupt that maybe we can have them despawn without killing the guy] Riva: ["He said he drained the non-believers of energy before bringing them to this being... so if we can get in, perhaps we can disrupt this ritualized torture, and perhaps that would rid us of the vestiges? And perhaps drain this being of power."] Drow: [yes my thoughts exactly. Now, for the last question]"servant Atticus. Tell me where kyrgrin is now." Your most hated prisoner? At he very center of the citadel where you can keep an eye on him. Riva: After relaying the information telepathically, Riva might ask Drow to ask whether Krygin was being used as a power source. Perhaps word it as some sort of test for Atticus. "Remind me, my servant... What treatment is Krygin receiving?" (Or something along those lines) No your holiness. The prisoner's magic is incompatible with ours. You bound him everyway you could so he couldn't conspire against you. You worried that killing him wouldn't be permanent enough for your plans. Wizards have escaped death before and that welp is harder to kill than a cockroach. He is to be bound until the universe ceases to exist. Riva: Riva makes a quiet, "Hm." And considers. Crispin: "Checks out. He's not a powerhouse but last we saw him a fucking bomb was turning him into a puddle. Krygin's hard to kill." Agnur: It was a fucking black whole....I love that little guy Riva: "If this being is using his power to bind Krygin personally, I wonder if disrupting his power will free Krygin. Now to figure out how to disrupt this being's power." Agnur: I mean if we mess up the palace it could help, or at least distract it Crispin: "They're spirits, yeah. Purity. Order. The grosser and more chaotic we are the better." Agnur: should we call in crispin's debt Riva: "Ah! Yes, that would... ha. That would definitely do it. Ha ha." She had neglected the symbolism of things. And if anyone could make a mess, it'd be Crispin. Riva + drow: With the questions done, and Atticus disposed of, Team Kryginator decides to move closer to the goal. Using Drows abilities at illusion, she feigns being a Vestige bringing the group (who pretend to be tired so to look like their energy is drained), and move closer into the area where people are being kept. [now crispin!] Crispin: *Crispin rips open the pouch the way he opens most things. Tearing it open upside down like a dysfunctional kindergarten with a bag of dorritos, completely ignoring the draw-string.* "Been playing a lot of poker in my down-time..." *Teeth clatter onto the ground. Dozens. Each one with a name in low Sylvan etched onto it. They transform into tiny pallid creatures with gangly limbs, dragonfly-like wings, and rows upon rows of needle-like teeth.* "I've been winning." *The tooth fairies scatter, each one set on either harassing a guard or knocking over something expensive.* The giant eye focuses on the distraction and the party feel the energy of the domain shift aggressively. The tooth fairies will likely be driven off but it will certainly distract everyone. Guards from across the citadel converge in this area. The group moves at a light jog; *Crispin strolls languidly until Ichor picks him up and moves at a better clip* *the drow vestige leads the pack hoping that the other guardians will let her through* The party charges through the gates. The guardians are too distracted to pay close attention to the vestige and entourage Agnur: Agnur cuts himself and draws runes of corruption on the wall ever once in a while. The runes cause the walls to pucker like wounds as the natural energies of this place try to fight off the intrusion. Ichor: Ichor leaves a trail of tar The party sees the prisoners as they reach the "throne room". It is like a giant colosseum like structure. The Exalted Beacon floats in the center eyes closed; it hasn't noticed you. Around the room are hundreds of people in various states of torture such as having silver bars impaling someone. The blood runs like rubies in here. It should be discussing but something makes it beautiful. All of them ar screaming praise and begging for release. The influence of this place is makes what should be discordant noise into a choir. Silver shadows prowl but currently accept you as prisoners. Patrolling a silver shadows with priest overseeing them. Drow: Drow sneaks behind a priest while invisible. *the drow tries to grab him and swiftly stab him in the heart. She plans on taking his form and turning him invisible simultaneously* A invisible body drops down quitly. *for now, the drow simply takes her post and waits for the right time to issue some more interesting commands* Riva, Ichor and Crispin hide. Crispin is in the form of a rat Agnur: Agnur activates his Teumessian pendant and starts sneaking around. when agnur reaches one he tries to club them to death as quietly as possible. His pendant warps fate so no one is looking; he bashes a mans brains in and tries to hide the body. He dies before he can scream Crispin: *Crispin transforms, shrieking at the top if his lungs like a baby on fire, lugung at one if the priests. The shriek is pitched and sustained specifically to counteract the choire-like atmosphere of the room.* The blood sprays across the room. Drow: Drow gives the shadows contradictory orders to confuse them Riva: Riva concentrates, and draws a circle. Unlike the vast majority of ones she done, however, this is strangely... green? This is very much not her affinity, but she knows the basic forms. And from this circle, she calls on the Alseid clans of the Earthen planes. Unlike a fire elemental, she doesn't bind it to her will directly, but rather asks and *pressures*.*If successful, some of these looking dudes/dudettes/etc. bound from the circle. Riva would direct them to release the hostages, Unbinding them from Thews of Earth (silver), and heal them." The Alseids have a green glow which pushes against the natural energies of the citadel. Asleids( nice earth elemental adjacent dudes) The Exalted Beacon starts to wake from it's trance. As this is happening Agnur notices a false wall of crystal which he deduces Krygin is behind. Agnur: Teleports over to the wall but finds no way of opening it. Drow: *the drow continues concentrating on the shadows, trying to get them to help break more chains* *she drops her illusory shadow and instead creates a bubble of sensory deprivation around the exalted beacon* *trying to stall it's awakening* The "shadows" help confused but do so. Some blink out of existence as they free the human they were made from. Ichor: *Ichor spews themselves as much as possible. Spattering the room.* Agnur: I summon bram and he starts hitting the wall with the force a earthquake. I impower him. The crystal starts to break but it accelerates the Beacons notice Ichor: *Ichor readies to surge at the beacon like a geyser the instant it becomes aware. They're likely not strong enough but they can hold attention.* Drow: "Someone get a big portal ready! We gotta get kyrgin and these civs out" *she mentions the civs to appease the others but does not care at all about them* Agnur: Agnur takes bottled rage and pours it into bram to increase his attack power A red glows around Bram and his blows triple in power. Soon the wall will break. The Beacon wakes and tears through the illusion and the halo flares! "Who intrudes on my domain" Riva: Riva tries to portal the civilians out of the crumbling tower, back to somewhere outside where she's been before. It's a little strange in this realm, but she shuffles them out as quickly as she can. And has one of the Alseid's go out with them to try and heal the wounded and keep them moving. Riva gets ready to crank out a bigger gate for Krygin... The civilians try to escape as quick as they can. Every peson saved seems to dim the Beacon's glow Ichor: *Ichor surges forward and Crispin lights the tar with a firebolt. A geyser of flaming tar would slam into the Beacon like a locomotive.* The Beacon slams against the other side of the room but grabs at Ichor. It's touch burns( though because Ichor likes fire it is more of an acidic burn) "Do you Challange a god!!" Drow: *with all the civs freed, the drow releases her other illusions and pulls out her spell grenade launcher. She launches a ball of incendiary darkness at the pillar* Agnur: I enhance the runes I places around the castle to weaken it The darkness slams into the wall and it shatters and the walls shake as the walls start to corrupt Ichor: "BalaNCE MUsT bE rEStOReD!!!" No one but Krygin really speaks primal tar, but that's what they say Crispin: *Meanwhile Crispin is saying every swear word he knows at the top of his lungs. Every obscenity. Every vile act one can do to a hole. Fulness and impurity of another kind.* As the smoke clears Krygin is revealed. Krygin "sits" boneless with silver chains around his wrist. He sits in a circle of salt surrounded by a circle of pure water. Agnur: Agnur uses a piece of Sorrowsore to pollute the water The Beacon begins shooting flashes of divine energy at Ichor while a translucent "reflection" of it appears before the rest of the group and punches the ground before disappearing Drow: *the drow goes invisible and prepares to bolt. She leaves behind 3 illusory duplicates to continue fighting* Ichor: *Ichor can't take much more. They try to hurl the Beacon into a wall and retreat. Too much Tar has been used up.* The Beacon is slammed into the wall leaving a crater. The beacon begins to charge up a divine blast. Riva: *Riva kind of... kicks some corpses over at him(Krygin)? Can he eat that? Us that to reconstitute himself? while she redirects the Alseids to poop on things, kick over the salt, and piss into the pure water.* *Kicks corpses at Krygin. She'll try and open a portal once he's able to... uh... move? Slither?* As soon as Krygin can slither he slides forward a a burger on grease and swallows the corpses whole like a a snake. Bones shift under skin. He isn't 100% but he can walk now Crispin: "I missed this repulsive fucker." Drow: *the drow runs next to the portal and launches an ephemeral rope at kyrgin, grabbing and pulling him like a child down a slip and slide to the portal* *her other clones try to distract the beacon while she does" Krygin: "Wait what?! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH" Several reflections of the beacon strike at illussions. Shattering the area around them Ichor: *Ichor doesn't have time to grab a corpse. Headed for a portal. Crispin grabs some deer poop, ignites it, and throws it before fleeing.* drow: *the drow grasps the weird slime creature they just saved and falls backwards through the portal like a trust fall* Agnur: Agnur summons up all his rage greif and desperation from the past while and pours it into a curse. calling favors from fae, demon, spirit and monster he brings rot and decay to the pure. bram carries him out Riva: *Riva keeps the portal open until everyone is out, then tries to snap it shut. At the last second the beacon grabs the portal; not magically just pulling reality open but then Agnur's curse hits them like a truck. So hard in fact that a small piece of crystal fractures. The Beacons cries in pain and the portal closes. Drow: Hey job well done guys. Where are we riva? *the drow immediately takes out some tea and begins sipping*. They were in an Ithicar hospital. Ichor: "LAWyeR. ArE yOU All rIGhT?!" Krygin: Krygin shakily stands. "I'm ... free. I'm free. I'M FREE!!!!" He tries to jump for joy but hurts himself. He gives Ichor a goopy hug Riva: Riva thanks the Alseid's in greek, and they make appropriate polite noises in their ungulate sorts of ways, and disappear. Drow: Hey krygin, nice to meet you. I'm your savior, the Drow. Krygin: The just looks at drow with the placid expression of a frog. "Sure, I'm used to dealing in favors" Drow: *score, the drow thinks* Also Riva. You owe me too! The rest of you... We should get drinks later Crispin: "Waaaaay ahead of ya." Pulls out a bottle of medical alcohol and drinks Drow: *the drow taps his alcohol bottle with her tea vial* Riva: "Sigh. I'll add it to the tab." Krygin: "I... must... throw a feast!" "You are all invited!" Riva: "Glad to see you back, Krygin." Krygin: "I'm glad as well Riva Crispin: "You just ate a corpse!" Drow: Don't act like you've never eaten a corpse crispin. I know I have Crispin: "Not a whole one! I'm small!" Riva: "There is much to catch up on." Riva doesn't mention the Pact being mostly empty, and Krygin probably being the only one left to fill a position, EON, Belial's disappearance and reappearance, the assault on Lemarcia, etc. etc. Krygin: (he needs to catch up on so much. He doesn't even know about sorrowsore!) "Yeah, I was gone for a long time" Agnur: "we're just glad your back." He says as he rest a kind hand on Krygin's shoulder El Fin /uw Here's a big shout out to the players of this post! They were great. I can't belive Krygin's been gone for two months!!!! I was going crazy!! Also not kidding about the feast. In a few hours of posting this. |