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2024.05.16 00:00 alphariusomega123 [Evangelion] The remakes are the worst garbage and have doomed the franchise forever. (Long post).

I wasn't planning on watching Thrice Upon A Time. I had not liked the previous films and they seemed like a very inferior product compared to the original anime. However, the good reviews and opinions I saw about it encouraged me to do so. I did it with as open and tolerant a mind as possible, knowing that there was a good chance I wouldn't like the film. "What's the worst that could happen? That I don't like it and continue to prefer the original series? At least I'll be entertained for two and a half hours," I thought. What I did not expect at all is the deep feeling of disgust and repulsion that this film provoked in me, in a way that no other film has provoked in years.
I hated the movie from start to finish. I could spend hours talking about the boring action sequences, about its ugly, excessive CGI that ruins the already ugly mecha, about its disgusting hypersexualization of fucking 14-year-old girls, about how Misato's plans don't make sense, about how Last Kiss almost made me tear my ears off, or its plot full of Deus Ex Machinas with concepts conveniently taken by Hideaki Anno from the place that his last name suggests; but the real reason I'm writing this is because I feel like these movies spit on everything the excellent original work represents.
Not only because as adaptations they fail miserably, but also because they retroactively damage the original work (we'll talk about that later).
Before I begin to explain why the rebuilds are bad adaptations, I want to warn that I am going to do a relatively exhaustive review of the 4 films, so this rant is going to be very long, like staying up late on a winter night with chronic insomnia. That said, let's start to see the reasons:
WHAT IS NEON GENESIS EVANGELION?:
To understand why rebuilds fail as remakes, I must first ask you, dear reader: What does Neon Genesis Evangelion mean to you? (it should at least be familiar to you, unless you've spent your life under a bridge) What do you think about when you read that title, apart from Shinji fucking in front of a comatose Asuka? What comes to mind when you hear the most famous opening in anime history, apart from Shinji strangling the otter against Happy Thursday's throat? (in more ways than one). If your answer is: "It's a mecha anime for emos with a coomer protagonist", that's fine, I respect that; but please press the red "X" in the top right corner of your screen, you can now leave.
Now, I'm going to get serious and explain my definition: Evangelion is a work about the hedgehog's dilemma and the difficulties of forming emotional bonds that human beings have, as well as the consequences of trying to separate from them for fear of rejection. It is not a story about heroes. It's not a story about saving the world. In Evangelion there are neither heroes nor villains, but rather a group of emotionally broken characters trying to be happy in a world just as broken as them. The real enemy of Evangelion is not the angels. It is the lack of communication and empathy.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dilema_del_erizo
It is that same lack of communication and empathy that progressively causes everything to go to hell to conclude with a cathartic and bleak ending, but consistent with the themes of the work. It is therefore an existentialist work about human relationships disguised as a mecha anime. This, added to a unique visual style, daring direction, and mechas like never before seen on television, made Evangelion one of the most influential anime in all of history, as well as a true commercial success for Gainax Studio. Success that encouraged other studios to carry out projects such as Cowboy Bebop or Serial Experiment Lain, taking anime towards a new golden age.
Even today you can hear the echoes of that Third Impact of End of Evangelion in 1997. The list of works influenced by Evangelion both inside and outside of Japan is endless. Of course, it is not a perfect work, nor extensive in errors: its target audience is ambiguous, many of the biblical references are more for decoration than anything else, and several aspects of the ending(s) could have been explained better. However, many of these errors can be attributed to a lack of time and budget during the production of the original anime (which was quite chaotic and improvised); therefore, they are understandable and forgivable.
In summary, we can conclude that Evangelion is a dark, introspective, provocative and unique work (at least at its time). This is also combined with a unique visual identity and complex characters whose relationships intertwine and interconnect throughout the work. The sum of all these factors is what led Evangelion to be such a critically acclaimed work that it transcended its own genre and became an icon of popular culture. And this in turn constitutes the biggest mistake of rebuilds; because they commit the biggest sin that an adaptation can commit: denying everything that made the original work great.
ADAPTING WITHOUT A CLEAR PURPOSE:
One of the biggest problems with these remakes (as well as a clear example of what I'm saying) is their total narrative inconsistency. Let me explain: the first rebuilds movie (1.11) is a literal copy-paste of the first 6 chapters of the original anime, with practically the same scenes, dialogues and even music. This makes the film completely redundant and unnecessary (and makes one wonder why it exists); But in any case, the message is being conveyed that the purpose of these remakes is to adapt the original series as faithfully as possible to the cinema with a current animation style.
However, the second movie (2.22) is a... something. A pastiche of new and old things where the plot broadly follows that of the original anime, but with many things changed (of course, for the worse) and a different ending. All this compressing no less than 14 chapters of the original anime into two and a half hours. Here the message that one can infer is that it seeks to adapt the original story (very briefly) by changing and rearranging certain elements, now more in line with what an adaptation is.
However, then we get to 3.33 and... well, after a 14-year because reasons timeskip, we're now in a post-post-apocalyptic world (repetition intended) where ex-Nerv members fight against Nerv itself. Nerv in giant spaceships, there are mechas everywhere, Misato is a sociopath, and Shinji and Asuka still look exactly the same because "DAMN JEBA." Here we can infer that what is sought is to create a totally new story and take it in different directions than the original. The following movie (3.0+1.01) is the only one that is consistent with this purpose.
Whether all these narrative pirouettes were planned in advance or not (clearly not), we can see that there is a clear incongruity between what is intended to be done and what is finally done. All of this generates a strong narrative chaos where the elements and themes of the original anime are mixed with the new ones, creating a total inconsistency. Since also in 3.0+1.01 it is revealed (unfortunately to me) that everything is part of the same universe and this is not really a remake, the excuse of "they are different universes, they don't have to be the same" doesn't work either.
In fact, one thing that you will see me comment a lot throughout this article is the lack of narrative consistency of these remakes, especially in comparison to the original work.
A HEDGEHOG WITHOUT TICKS:
No character in Evangelion better embodies the central theme of the work than Shinji Ikari, its own protagonist. Shinji is not a hero: he is not brave. He is not a genius. He is not charismatic. He is not selfless. He doesn't want to save the world. His reason for piloting the Eva is to gain recognition and appreciation from others; especially from his father, whom he hates, but at the same time admires; He feels that she despises him, but he also wants (and needs) that she loves him. Shinji spends the entire series in the dilemma between escaping from what hurts him (classic avoidance behavior) or accepting it and moving on, even at the risk of being hurt again.
This theme is rock solid throughout the entire original series: from the first to the last chapter of the anime, and from minute one to the very end of End of Evangelion. Even the opening itself makes several visual references to Shinji's hedgehog dilemma. This can make Shinji an infuriating character for audiences accustomed to typical anime protagonists; but it's those same things that make Shinji such a unique and special character. He deconstructs and subverts the hero's journey. And it's not as if this hinders the plot: Shinji is not proactive, but he also does not spend the series crying, as many often claim.
https://files.catbox.moe/eolho0.mp4
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monomito
And as you may already be imagining, the Shinji of the rebuilds does not have a hedgehog's dilemma. Or rather, he has it, but only during the first movie (copy-paste of the original anime) and part of the second. This is a problem, because it creates a strong narrative inconsistency (again) where it seems that two Shinjis exist at the same time or that this one is bipolar. As of 3.33, Shinji's entire character arc is based on trying to redeem himself for his past mistakes first by unleashing "Almost Third Impact" (what a stupid name) and subsequently preventing Kaworu's death while trying to right said mistake.
Is this a bad thing? Not necessarily. The problem is that I have already seen the arc of the hero who fails to eventually rise up and succeed in 100 trillion works, while the hedgehog's dilemma in none more than in Evangelion (at least in my case). Which makes Shinji a much less interesting character. Some might argue that in 3.0 + 1.01 Shinji does have such a dilemma because he spends half the movie crawling on the ground; but there is not a hedgehog's dilemma, but rather depression for having seen Kaworu's head go KAWOOM (I know, the joke was very bad, but if he didn't do it, I would explode too).
End of Evangelion's Shinji did have such a dilemma because the reason for his depression was having been manipulated and used by someone he had previously opened up to and then forced to kill him, not for failing in his mission (in fact, he was very efficient in her mission to separate Kaworu's head from her body), which in turn brings sexual (and later, deadly) results for Asuka. I insist: narrative consistency. But this is not the worst: the worst thing is that at certain moments in these films, Shinji becomes the typical shonen savior hero, betraying the central point of his character in the original series.
https://youtu.be/E-x-f2OrWeA
A perfect example of this is the ending of 2.22, where the fight in chapter 19 (COINCENTLY from where the original anime starts to get more introspective) is transformed into a ridiculous shipping attempt, with Rei turned into a damsel in distress and Shinji into a savior hero while spouting all the typical cliché lines, topped off with a disgustingly cheesy ending. But of course, how could it end otherwise? With Shinji's Eva practicing cannibalism on Zeruel's corpse (the original scene)? Too disturbing for current times. Shinji and Rei fighting as a team to defeat him? Yes of course. Rei has enough not being in the kitchen. Besides, Asuka already takes care of that, hoping to receive her alpha male's cock as a reward.
https://youtu.be/TPS0Uk0TkP0
Because, like any good modern anime protagonist, Shinji now has a harem.
FETISHING WITHOUT CONTROL:
Of all the characters who are now part of Shinji's harem, the one who is most harmed by this is Rei (Asuka's case is different, and the other character is an infernal creation from Anno's sick mind). Not only because acting like a bitch in heat goes totally against her personality and because of the murky situation, considering that she is a clone of Shinji's mother, but also because her character is reduced to a mere fetish object that does things cute to produce tenderness in the viewer and make coomers buy their figurines.
Rei is an interesting character because he raises numerous existential questions based on the ship of Theseus paradox: the concept of identity, to what extent we can consider ourselves still ourselves, the construction and definition of a "self", etc. But here, her screen time piloting her Unit 00 is minimal (COINCENTLY most of it in 1.11) and her exploits are practically irrelevant or non-existent, also being reduced to a mere damsel in distress at the end of 2.22, as I said before.
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradoja_de_Teseo
In 3.0+1.01 he doesn't even get to pilot an Eva. Her role in the film is to cause pity and produce tenderness with her total ignorance (I see that the idiot Anno forgot that all the Reis are born with basic knowledge) while she is seen with different hairstyles, different outfits, working as a farmer, taking care of a baby, etc. In short, a fetish object where she wants the public to value her for how "moe" she is instead of for her abilities or as a character. In Anno's mind, feminism advances in reverse. Ironic, considering that it was precisely Rei who unintentionally started the moe culture.
Of course, it goes without saying that Rei is not the only one who suffers from this extreme fetishization of her character in these films. Under the excuse of paying homage to End of Evangelion, Asuka now always wears an eye patch (needless to say it has nothing to do with having been injured there), a cap with cat ears, in addition to having a very convenient trend for the coomer public of walking naked and semi-naked through other people's houses. She sometimes puts on the plugsuit, but near the end of the movie, it is conveniently torn off, lest we forget that this is made by the Japanese.
One of the best examples of how this hareminication has destroyed the main female characters is in the elevator scene. In the original anime, Rei tries to advise Asuka in a time of particular vulnerability and depression. Rei's limited social skills, coupled with Asuka being Asuka, cause her to misinterpret the attempt to help as mockery and an act of condescension, triggering a slap from her towards Rei and a worsening of her already strained relationship and Asuka's mental state. Rei doesn't fight back because she knows that doing so would only make things even worse.
It is an excellent dramatic scene because it once again brings to the foreground the hedgehog's dilemma and the difficulties between human relationships, very much in line with what Evangelion is. In 2.22, this scene is gratuitously introduced and turned into two horny bitches fighting over which of the two will let their alpha male penetrate first, with a highly OC Rei stopping the assault attempt in a 100% gangsta way to make her see more "cool." The scene doesn't even make plot sense, because Asuka at that moment is not even depressed, and in the original anime this occurs at a much later time under a very different context.
and speaking of asuka...
SOMEONE CALLED ASUKA:
When I started watching these movies, I was afraid that Asuka's character had undergone modifications to make her more "palatable" to new audiences. What took me completely by surprise was how radically different this Asuka is from the original. So different that they can't even be considered the same character. To show it very clearly, we are going to review the personality of both:
Asuka from the original anime: An energetic and outgoing half-German, half-Japanese girl (actually it's 1/4, but who cares) who loves to be the center of attention and have everyone praise her due to the lack of parental love received during her childhood having been abandoned by her father and supplanted by her mother, who suffered from severe mental disorders. She is extremely proud and competitive because she feels that being Eva's pilot is the only thing that gives her an identity and purpose, which makes her tend to become quickly frustrated when things don't go her way and become defensive when she feels like she is being outmaneuvered. . He loves to make fun of others (especially Shinji), to the point of being cruel at times, but he does not do it out of malice, but rather to compensate for his enormous inferiority complex due to the rejection suffered by his mother and having witnessed her. committed suicide (and possibly even tried to kill her) the day she was chosen as Eva's pilot and came running to wish her a Happy Thursday. She admires Kaji and wants to fuck him because she hates her own adolescence, she needs to feel adult and independent due to suffering from a certain Electra complex for having lacked a true father figure during her childhood. She has a sweet and vulnerable nature, but she rarely expresses it to anyone except her best friend Hikari and I better stop this now because too much text.
Rebuild Asuka (hereinafter "Asuka"): A girl soldier created by Nerv as part of a series of clones who has always been alone and thinks she doesn't need anyone, although she secretly wishes to have a family. She hits and insults others for no reason, she yells a lot, never smiles or makes jokes, and hates socializing with others, which doesn't stop her from looking for Shinji's dick within 2 days of meeting him. She always plays video games while someone is talking to her and at night she talks to herself with a doll like an autistic person.
As we can see, these two characters not only look nothing alike: several of their traits directly contradict each other. Because they look alike, they are not even alike in aesthetics: the original Asuka had red hair and dressed in the traditional feminine way, while "Asuka" is light brown and dresses in a tomboy style (which I'm not saying is wrong, I'm just commenting to show the radical difference). It's not that they have changed Asuka: it's that they have directly murdered her to supplant her by someone with whom she only shares her first name (not even her last name). And needless to say, the change has been VERY for the worse.
To describe the first character, I had to spend 15 damn lines, and even then I had to leave out many important facets of his personality, his development in the original series and his entire character arc in EoE, because if I didn't have one endless bible For the second, 6 lines were enough for me, and I could have had more left over if I had been more concise. The first character is a complex and three-dimensional character, with multiple facets, edges and layers. She feels like a real person. The second character is a generic tsundere that you can find in any mecha anime of the week. She is not even comparable to the first; She's not even a good character.
We cannot speak of Flanderization because not even the most basic traits of the character have been respected. Nor can we speak of a deconstruction because that same absence of basic traits means that there is no character construction on which to stand in the first place. Obviously, this change greatly resents the interactions between characters: the original Asuka was a charismatic and fun character with the ability to drive the plot on her own (as soon as she appears in chapter 8 of the original anime she is already changing the entire dynamic between characters) , while "Asuka" is mostly only in the background or to fight; He doesn't even have a character arc as such. In fact, in 2.22 he has even less screen time than several supporting characters.
His chemistry with Shinji is also non-existent (and I'm not just referring to the romantic level) and they barely have any development together. They like each other here because... ehhhh... she likes how he cooks and he thinks she's hot? It's not that the AsuShinji (or ShinSuka, or whatever the hell it's called) here is forced: it's just that it doesn't even make sense. The only reason people still ship them together is because they did it in the 90s. Yūko Miyamura's performance also feels very lackadaisical and lacks passion, which is quite unlike her. Although perhaps this is intentional, since her character always talks as if she has the spear of Longinus permanently stuck up her rectum. In fact, the few times she says her iconic "Anta baka?" This one feels very forced, in addition to not having her characteristic high-pitched tone.
In short, the character has suffered the same fetishization as Rei (gamer girl, tomboy, one-eyed, etc.), but also with the aggravating factor that not even her basic characteristics have been respected here. This is especially disconcerting when we take into account that the rest of the characters have their original personalities more or less intact (albeit simplified). Even more disconcerting if we take into account that Asuka is possibly the most popular character in all of Evangelion, and even more so if we consider that she is Anno's favorite character (in fact, the initial idea was for Asuka to be the protagonist).
https://evaresources.wordpress.com/der-mond/
Given this, the inevitable question arises: "Why?" What was the point of turning Asuka into an inferior and tsundere copy of Rei, even more so when there are already three clones? It has always been rumored that Asuka is not popular in Japan, but that is completely false. The only semi-rational explanation I can think of is that they did it to please the haters. It's no secret that a portion within the Evangelion fandom (and outside of it) hates Asuka with a passion. They see her as someone toxic and cruel who dedicates herself to screwing others for no reason, without understanding that you don't have to like a well-written character.
https://imgur.com/a/KznXE1x
What these people fail to understand is that Asuka's verbal abuse is a defense mechanism to avoid opening up to others, since Asuka constantly says things that do not fit with what she really feels or thinks (clear proof is chapter 16 from the original series). It's not like it matters much, considering they were never more than an extremely vocal minority. That the character is so popular is proof of this. The great irony of all this is that the new "Asuka" is a much more unpleasant and detestable character than the original, since she lacks the redeemable qualities of the original and her moments of comic relief.
And if until now I have been more or less benevolent with this remake, this is something I cannot forgive: because changing a character just because a group of people doesn't like it is one of the most cowardly and pathetic acts in the world. that a writer can fall. The fact that this was also at the expense of one of the best female characters in the history of anime and with a wonderful story arc makes it even more bloody. Any other halfway competent writer would have responded with this.
https://youtu.be/5Js0ea6yPKM
...although if we go by Ockham's razor, the most likely explanation is simply that Hideaki Anno is mentally retarded.
A CHARACTER TO DESTROY A FRANCHISE AND BIND IT TO DARKNESS:
Mari Makinami Illustrious A.K.A María Iskariote (what an appropriate last name) is one of the worst creations ever made by humans. Not since the atomic bombs has humanity created something so horrible. Worse than the holocaust. Worse than fascism. Worse than Facebook memes. Worse than stepping on a lego. I would even dare to say that it is worse than pizza with pineapple. No character better reflects Anno's mental decline or better embodies all the problems of the current anime industry than this trash.
This character contributes absolutely nothing to the plot, he does not contribute at any time to its advancement, he lacks his own development or story, he does absolutely nothing relevant in the 3 films in which he appears, and he does not even have a defined personality. So much so, that all of her scenes could be eliminated or replaced by any other character and she would barely affect the plot, or not affect it at all.
The character is so frighteningly one-dimensional that she doesn't even show different emotions or moods during the three films in which she appears, always being perpetually happy and carefree even in tense situations for literally no reason. This leads to moments as surreal as her starting to sing and hum in scenes that are intended to be serious or dramatic (or so I think; perhaps what they wanted was to turn this into an unintentional comedy), again generating a gigantic narrative dissonance. The last third of 3.33 is the best example of this.
But that's not the worst: this character is clearly made for otaku coomers to masturbate to. She has almost every fetish possible: glasses/lenses (whatever they call it in your country), pigtails, miniskirt, schoolgirl, saying "nya", big tits, obsession with smell and tight outfits, etc. To make matters worse in 3.0 + 1.01 we discover that she is 48 years old, so we can also add the milf fetish. Evidently, her tits always bounce in her plugsuit (she would swear that never happened in the original series) and there are many close-ups of her ass. In addition to constantly making sexual advances towards Shinji, which also turns this piece of shit into a potential pedophile.
If the thing simply ended there, we could say that this character remains a mere annoying and unnecessary secondary character. Unfortunately, the character is also disruptive to the plot, occupying long filler scenes that do nothing more than waste time that is already scarce in a film, and that could have been used on something else more interesting; like Pen Pen watching TV, Pen Pen eating a sardine, etc. Without going any further, both 2.22, 3.33 and 3.0+1.01 begin with a long filler scene of her hitting on her. Well, to be honest, the 3.33 one is more Asuka, but this abortion is still out there fucking and singing.
It would not be an exaggeration to say that discussing why this character exists is much more interesting than any other debate that can be created about these films. I still think about it. However, the ending of 3.0+1.01 gives a good clue: the character was created solely and exclusively to stay with Shinji. I can only imagine that Anno made this tired of the fandom shipping and the arguments over who Shinji should stay with, so he decided to end the matter by creating his own ideal waifu with all the fetishes he likes in a woman to end it. with this. It's disgusting, but considering we're talking about a Japanese, totally possible.
It's surreal coming from the man who harshly criticized the use of anime as escapism and the excessive female objectification and sexualization in it, but it's the only semi-decent explanation I can think of. Basically, he is what is called a mascot character in literature. That would explain why this character never shows doubts, nor any kind of internal conflict, or why he is a better Eva pilot than Asuka and Rei themselves. It is also very revealing about the quality of the Rebuilds: creating a self-insert OC just to be the partner of the protagonist or another main character is the quintessential trait of all bad fanfiction.
However, among all this tsunami of disqualifications, I also have to say something positive: spending three movies giving hope to the shippers only to have Shinji be cuckolded simultaneously by Rei and Asuka in the last one and end up with a character with which had zero development (before 3.0+1.01 I didn't even know its name) is a true trolling masterclass, worthy of the best of ball pumpers. Only a true emperor of evil would have come up with such a twisted and at the same time perfect way to screw over a large part of the fandom. I give you my tens, Anno.
THE ANTI-UNIVERSE OF ANTI-NARRATIVE:
Of all the new concepts that Anno brings up at the last minute from the place named after his last name, none stands out more than the "anti-universe." Or, as I like to call it, the "anti-good writing." Basically because it perfectly represents all the problems of the rebuilds and their script. In the final stretch of 3.0+1.01 we have the last-minute revelation of a quantum plane of existence capable of turning imagined worlds into reality and changing this through Lilith, which cannot be understood by the human mind (wow, WHAT CONVENIENT!) and whose existence has never been mentioned or even hinted at in the entire franchise until CONCIDENTLY the aforementioned last third of the film.
In other words, a gigantic Deus Ex Machina created in an improvised way to avoid repeating End of Evangelion and forcing a happy ending where Shinji creates an ideal universe for each character (although that is questionable, as we will see later). And it is far from being the only one: the spear of Cassius, the Eva of Infinity, the key of Nebuchadnezzar, the Book of Life, and so on. None of these concepts are integrated into the plot in an organic and natural way, but rather they arise spontaneously at its convenience when it needs it. Except for the new "Super Berserker Mode" of the Evas, which is simply a power-up to sell figurines.
As I said before, if at least this were an alternate universe separate from the original anime, all this bombardment of concepts pulled out of the ass would be a little better justified. But the revelation that everything is a cycle and we are in the same universe as the original work only makes it even worse, generating countless inconsistencies about why they never mentioned this or never used that (what's the point of the seeds of life If you can create universes simply by imagining them?). Although without a doubt, the worst of all these new concepts is "the curse of Eve."
Here we have a new concept with very strong repercussions completely launched, which is not even an explanation in itself, it does not answer anything and to make matters worse, the same films contradict each other several times. Needless to say, this is a cheap excuse for the three main characters not to grow up and continue sexualizing 14-year-old girls after the most gratuitous timeskip ever seen. And speaking of timeskip, putting such a long one in the middle of the story is a first-time writing error. If you are writers, never do that: the bigger the time jump, the more things you will be forced to explain, since the less you do it, the more plot holes will form as a result.
And of course, here it explains little to nothing of what happened these 14 years. Like where Nerv got such a tremendous base from, if in 3.33 it seemed that together with Rei and Kaworu it was made up of four people. Or how they have gotten such an army of pseudo-Evas, especially when these are supposed to be extremely expensive (wow, and SEELE with all her unlimited resources was barely 9 in EoE). Or worse yet, how Kaji managed to stop Almost Third Impact (seriously, the name couldn't be stupider). None of these questions are answered at any time. Obviously because they can't do it.
Evangelion has always been characterized by leaving things up to the public's interpretation, but here I feel that they are vilely taking advantage of it so as not to have to give any kind of explanations. And in the case at hand, do not even pay attention to contradictions. Like Touji and Kensuke got on Unit 01 and that doesn't stop them from being 28 after the timeskip. Or that Mari appears to be 14 despite looking like an adult in Gendo's photos and flashbacks, plus the fact that Evas, by simple logic, could not exist back then.
The height of absurdity is when near the end of 3.0+1.01 the "unexpected" revelation occurs (actually we all saw it coming) that everything is a cycle and we are facing a reboot of the original timeline, of which only Kaworu seems to be conscious. He let them guess without giving them any clues how many times Kaworu mentioned or even hinted at such a thing in the original series. Needless to say, nothing is ever explained about it: Who created that cycle? (Adam? Lilith? The First Ancestral Race? Hideaki Anno's last name?) For what purpose? How does it work? How long does it last? Why is Kaworu the only one who remembers him? Do these remakes make sense?
THE DEATH OF A STYLE:
Fortress-cities folding in on themselves. Designs and constructions oscillating between the nineties, the utopian and the cyberpunk. Meshes of flesh and blood animated with the souls of the dead fighting with classical music in the background. A mysterious and ambiguous lore where aliens, technology and conspiracies mix with gnostic, cabalistic elements and the most esoteric aspects of Christianity (did the History Channel predict Evangelion?). Minimalist posters moving quickly between frames. Monochrome backgrounds flashing aggressively (bad luck if you were epileptic). So consistent with its themes that the A.T. fields themselves. They were an allegory of the hedgehog's dilemma (I'm not making this up, Kaworu himself says it in chapter 23).
https://imgur.com/a/2M0eDVK
The sum of all these factors is what allowed Evangelion to build an absolutely unique identity, the one that allowed people to say "hey, that's an Eva!". Starting in 3.33, all that is lost to disappear in 3.0+1.01 in favor of giant spaceships, mechanical mechas made of pure CGI, battles full of colored lights, multiverses and time loops. I'm not saying these elements are bad in and of themselves, but I've already seen a thousand mecha stories with these. For that, I start watching any of the versions of Gundam or Macross. I could also complain about the boring shots without audiovisual language and always using the same color palette, but to be fair, that is an endemic evil of current anime.
And like any bad remake, 3.0+1.01 can't help but pay homage to several scenes from the original work, completely failing to understand the point of said scenes. As an example, we have Ritsuko shooting Gendo for no reason other than to pay homage to End of Evangelion, ignoring that the context between both scenes is very different. Furthermore, here they never explain the relationship that exists between the two, so the scene makes no sense; especially for those who never saw the original series, who will also find mentions of facts that these films have never shown or bothered to explain.
Even worse is when they try to pay homage to the iconic battle between Asuka and the Eva Series. Not only because of the total absence of the graphic violence and choreography of the original, but because what makes that fight so remembered is its emotional component, since it is preceded by a narrative catharsis in which Asuka discovers that the Her mother's soul was always in Unit 02, in addition to being marked by the constant tension of knowing if she will be able to finish the fight before the Eva's energy supply runs out. Here the Evas never run out of energy (why do they need the power supply, then?), so there is no such tension.
In the original fight Asuka may not be shooting 1387945 Evas with a super cannon larger than her as she falls through an... interdimensional hole?; But there you feel every blow, you can appreciate every movement in detail, and the dramatic tension in crescendo only improves the result. If this were a shonen, the logical thing is that Asuka would win. After all, her character arc has been wrapped up in a climactic way. Unfortunately, this is Evangelion. When the Evas Series manage to cause a mortal wound with the pseudo-spear of Longinus and the energy counter reads zero, the outcome is already decided. What happens next is horrific (Asuka's enemies are cruel to her even after she is dead), and just as horrifying are Yūko Miyamura's screams and Miki Nagasawa's performance as Maya announcing that Asuka is dead. In the Rebuilds there are no performances anywhere near that level.
End of Evangelion will be as dark and uncomfortable to watch as you want, but it is a film where all those responsible put their souls into achieving the best possible result, both on a technical and artistic level.
and well, I think that for today I have already downloaded too much, an apology for the large amount of text, I will make a second part at another time because I have so many things to comment on... anyway, I hope you have a good day/afternoon/night or when you read this .
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2024.05.15 21:40 NoComfort4106 How can I be a better husband and are my worries unfounded?

I am a 20 year old male, married a 27 year old trans woman. I met her on grindr and we pretty much instantly fell in deep love.
When we met we hit it off and after a couple days she wanted me to move in, and I did. Her landlord raised the rent because of me being there and we couldn't afford it even with both of us working, plus she also lost her job, she told me all about it, her boss was her stepdad and he hated her.
She even showed me audios of him mistreating her but at the same we didnt think to try to sue or anything and she ended up deleting them later when formatting her phone.
We rented a place much closer to my work so we don't have to pay much for my transportation.
Long story short, it was all amazing we got married. I'm a very jealous partner and I made this clear from the beginning.
She always made sure to make me feel secure and still does. She said she'd block anyone I wanted and I did ask her to block a few friends. Because they were male friends that wanted to go out just them and her, specifically without me, and I thought that was weird af.
She did everything as I asked and the situation we ended up in is, shes at home all day, not working because i asked her to get a job with the same shift as me (so we can be together more often) and she can't seem to find one because of lack of education. I work as a school secretary for a government public school, good paying stable job.
So recently she had been on call a lot with friends after i got home from work, playing videogames. And I asked her to give me more attention and do things together more. (Yes, i know, i was being unreasonable and i fixed this, i now dont complain about this anymore)
So we fought about that, she cried saying my jealousy made her abandon literally all her real life friends, and cried saying i changed her entire personality. And that there is no reason for any of this because she would never cheat and doesn't want to.
She also told me about how she dated her ex who was unemployed the entire 3 years they dated, would beat and abuse her, and cheat on her, and yet she never cheated. Even though one time he asked her to make him cuckold, to fuck another guy in front of him, she refused, he cheated in response, they broke up.
Anyway, shes on this discord server with online friends she knows from another state, I live in Brazil. Its a server for a game called Red dead redemption, shes trying to get an online job with them making maps for the game and such. She hasnt had much luck learning but is trying hard, and the owner who is married, wants to hire her for this online job.
She told me recently she wanted to go on a trip with those friends, in another state, the guy who wants to hire her will pay for everything. She at first said it was for signing the contracts. So I said she can just sign online. Then she said actually she also wants to meet them, eat BBQ and have fun. She said that if I went with them I had to know i would have to sleep in another room, because all the woman would sleep on one room and all the men in the other. And somehow later after telling me all this she decides that she actually wants to go without me so she can have time for herself, so that she can feel she misses me, because we're together too much.
I trust her and I love her, and we have a great sex life. We do it almost every day But I'm extremely scared and insecure about being cheated on. And this whole work trip thing sounds so much like a cheating story waiting to happen.
I asked her not to go and tried to say she can't go without me. She said she will go either way and that i will have to decide what i will do if she goes. So i asked her if she was choosing a trip over me, she said she was choosing freedom over me.
Can i get some real advice about how I can feel more secure about this or if my suspicions are correct? And if she was going on this trip and cheated, how could know so i wouldnt have to stay married to someone who isnt faithful?
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2024.05.14 15:21 rxssel My 5 month Fincuck Experience (10 Dec to 11 May)

I’ve always been the type to spoil the people that I date, I just find great satisfaction in making them happy. But recently I’ve taken this “spoiling” about 100 steps further and gone absolutely all out. 5 months ago I came out to my girl about being deeply interested in Cuckolding and Findom. Since then, my girl has had a 100% free pass to meet and mess around with whoever she wishes. She also has 100% control over my wallet and finances. Our current relationship consists of me working as many hours as I possibly can while she doesn't work at all and just enjoys and spoils herself. I find it extremely thrilling knowing that I am slaving away at work all day while she's off enjoying herself, draining my wallet and "cheating" on me. She's enjoying herself, buying whatever she wants and having sex with new guys. She regularly sends me updates when she's with her guy friends and I get constant notifications on my phone every time she uses my card.
This is from 5 month of progress, but I'll hopefully be posting monthly updates from here on out. I get so thrilled and horny every time I see a new charge on my card pop up. I love the idea that my girl is using me for my money and spoiling other guys with gifts and sex. I'm keeping track of everything because I love seeing it all accumulate into a bigger and bigger number over time. Feel free to check out the spreadsheet to see how I’m doing so far. After rent and other necessary expenses, I’ve determined that my annual limit is somewhere between $60-70k ($165-192 average per day). I’ve told my girl this, but I’ve also explained that going into debt is okay as well.
For context, my girl has been with 7 different guys since we began back in December. Here is some background on each of them:
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2024.05.14 04:45 AdNew1614 Does it make any sense if prostitution exists in a marriage-free matriarchy/matrilineal egalitarian

My worldbuilding revolves around a matriarchal (or matrilineally egalitarian) empire with the marriage-free customs: -There is practically no concept of “marriage”, people are allowed to simultaneously have as much affairs as they want and can manage. The intimacy often occurs in the woman’s home, sometimes in the man’s or at somewhere else private enough (e.g a rented hotel room) -Everyone lives under their mother’s family, with their maternal uncle(s) acting as the father figure(s); biological paternity only makes sense in medical/genetic cases; the majority of property is passed down from mother to the oldest daughter while the remaining is divided between the other daughters and sons; meanwhile, men’s legacy is prioritized to be inherited by the youngest brother(s)/sister(s)/nephew(s)/niece(s)
-The only type of marriage is that a woman coming from a family that lacks sons marry a guy from a family that has redundant sons or a male orphan to her family. Once she’s married, she’s not allowed to bring any other partner to her own home (but it’s still fine if she meets her lover(s) outside); while the husband can have sex with her sisters or cousins-in-law. Only the husband having relationships with women from other families is considered as adultery. The husband will lose all responsibilities at his family then act as the father-uncle figure of all children of his wife and sisters-in-law and the worker for their family. In exchange, he can be shared/inherit social status and wealth from the in-laws and still have the right to pass them down to his maternal relatives.
-Although promiscuity is generally acceptable, the moral standard of this society has never been decadent yet. Sex is viewed less negatively, but is still regarded as a private thing between the two partners. Female sexuality is paid more attention to in a more positive way, but virginity is valuable and women tend to be selective when choosing partners, esp. the one for their first time. Besides, the positions of priestess and nuns (even the patheons for the male gods, since people believe women can interpret deities’ messages better than men) are only for the young virgin women. In real life, intimacies are often developed from contacts in daily routine/some special encounters rather than from arranged dates or matchmaking, thus the standards of understandings, integrity, effort, affection, etc. in relationships are usually high, and almost every affair is expected to prolong as long as possible. Pure, faithful love is still a popular theme in arts and literature despite not being glorified in reality.
-Nudity/Wearing revealing clothes is still a controversial taboo in many contexts; in contrast, how decorative and covered a woman’s clothes are often indicates her social status. Gossiping about someone’s sex life and showing jealousy are seen as rudeness; many sexual kinks (e.g group sex, cuckolding, swinging) and attitudes/behaviors towards sex (bragging about “body conquest”, catcalling, slut-shaming, telling sexjokes/swearing using images of sex, etc.) are considered extremely perverted. Pornographic contents and products are censored very strictly by both government and society.
I’m not sure if prostitution has any reason to exist in a society like this, where free sex is theoretically accessible for almost everyone (esp. the most wealthy, good-looking ones). What is your opinion about that, worldbuilders? If you think sex work can exist in a marriage-free society, could you give me some suggestion about how to justify it and visualize how it will look like? Any help will be appreciated.
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2024.05.13 20:23 HydrationSeeker It is getting uncomfortable now, DG....

Pre notice: I have re read, my criticism so far and I know I will get the "Just stop reading/watching then" type of comments. I am not trying to yuck anyone's yum. I wouldn't have invested my time nor money if I didn't like the macro world building and the premise of the story if Outlander. I think we can all agree on this subreddit that it is a delicious low fantasy/historical romance. I want a discussion cause no one in my life has watched beyond a couple of episodes and I need to talk to FANS. TY. (Edited because why bold type, I had the the wrong genre and I used the wrong name for Mr Yi Tien Cho.) ✌️
For books that were written nearly 30yrs ago, the 'isms within them are so far are quite pronounced. For example, I appreciate in the beginning of book 3 there is a gay representation who is not a sexual predator or sadist (book 1 & 2), nice. It is that Grey's gaydar doesn't work very well, nor does he appreciate the nuances of consent in shooting your shot with someone who is your literal prisoner.
The internalised misogyny is also raging, I am a lot more desensitised to that, it appears.
BUT the racism, DG. Just wow, for a book series written in the 90's. The lack of awareness from the authoeditopublishers is.... let me explain.
I am only toward the end of chapter 26: Whore's Brunch, and Mr Yi Tien Cho's portrayal is gross.
Now do not get me wrong, I realise the talk, attitudes and racial prejudices of the characters in the books are most likely tame given mid 18thC and mid 20thC mores. So the language that the characters use, "the Chinese", in reference to a singular person, "I speak a little Chinee". Even Frank's decision to finally leave Claire and stop being a cuckold, was due his belief that she had had an affair with, agast, a Black Man. That he was willing to pull his daughter from her final semester at Uni, because he would be damned if his daughter was going to have sex with/get pregnant by/marry a Black man. Those type of representations, of character's expressing their own motivations using the attitudinal zeitgeist of time, gives a air of authenticity to the narrative.
However, the author's own demasculation and pretty much pantomime description of a Chinese man, is quite grotesque.
To be fair most of the side characters are treated the same way, but Mr Yi Tien Cho's portrayal was unresearched, lazy and so dismissive of a whole culture. I am not talking about his raging alcoholism, which is on poisoning levels. But his character is not given any humanism, just low lying fruit of a description.
I have noticed only a couple of posts, from 3 years ago, that mention this and I was wondering how people who are fans now, recognise, think about and even get past, if that is your experience. Or if you can't pick up what I am putting down.
Thanks in advance for a respectful and meaty discussion.
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2024.05.13 18:43 Chamomile_Corgi “Mr. Big is helping me find my gun.”(@awr_hey)

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2024.05.13 14:19 Nearby-Excuse6907 How to find male stars to work with

Hi all. We have been posting pics and videos of our sex life for years on a number of swingers sites and always had a great response.
Lately we have been thinking about starting an onlyfans or fansly. Most content will just be us but as a Hotwife/cuckold couple we would like to find UK based male stars to film with.
This is all very new to us and we are not sure where to start. We are new to Reddit and as yet don’t have a twitteX account, but have heard that’s a good way to connect, yet how do we find people on there.
Sorry for the noob questions, we would really appreciate any advices
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2024.05.12 16:40 killinbylove Show me your favorite DE fanart.

Show me your favorite DE fanart.
I saw this fan art by @awr_hey and Im obessed.
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2024.05.12 06:14 Relative-Pitch205 Aristotle Onassis was obviously JFK Jr.'s real father

https://i.imgflip.com/8prxik.jpg
Regardless of any other theories or contexts, this one fact should be indisputably obvious to anyone with eyes and an ounce of common sense. (Even just one eye and a tiny speck of common sense should suffice.) Aristotle Onassis was obviously JFK Jr.'s real father. JFK Jr. was almost always photographed either at an angle or else with his mouth opened like an idiot. There was ONE full-frontal photo I found of JFK Jr. with his mouth closed, on the cover of George after he died. Now, I realize there is already a guy who says he's the real JFK Jr. and that Aristotle was the other one's dad, and it's possible he is right, or it's possible he's a preemptive shitcoating diversion, I dunno, but that is a separate topic. Here, all I want to do is hammer home the fact that JFK Jr.'s real father is Aristotle Onassis.
Look at that meme, look at the side-by-side. Just look, and behold. How nobody had ever before done any visual juxtaposition of JFK Jr. and young Aristotle, how I wound up being the first person to do that, in 2024, is astounding and depressing. We as a species are INCREDIBLY oblivious and gullible. There are millions of Americans who've inspected British royals for evidence of cuckolding, but somehow, for some strange reason, NOBODY in America ever inspected our own pseudo-royals, despite it being mindbogglingly obvious.
p.s. For those curious about the timeline: JFK had to order the Secret Service to keep Jackie away from Aristotle in 1961, so those two must have already been humping by then.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3573573/amp/Do-NOTlet-Mrs-Kennedy-cross-paths-Aristotle-Onassis-jealous-President-Kennedy-ordered-Secret-Service-agent-Jackie-away-womanizing-shipping-magnate-solo-trip-Greece.html
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2024.05.11 22:29 Schizogodxtake2 HELLO BROTHERS, IT IS ME AGAIN, "The" Original Schizo emailer. Here to vindicate myself AND vindicate Destiny on the Ludwig/QTCinderella (Destiny requested the strongest anti-streamer soldier)

I AM BACK AGAIN, my last appearance was in the Destinysubreddit AMA from 7 months ago which you guys can find from my reddit profile post history.
Why am I here?
From February 15th, 2022 I wrote:
"I dont see streamers the same way anymore. I see them all as subhuman trash, highly entitled, low skill, low talent, low intelligence, low mental maturity, extremely high ego (Hasan piker), only care about themselves, view themselves as gods of success, never had to do anything difficult in their entire lives, would kill themselves in 1 week if their life depended on getting an engineering degree or doctorate or medical school and had no back up plan, when they talk about difficulty being having to organize 6 panel guests on a show, when they think they deserve 750k a year because they organized 6 panel guests, while championing socialism and talking about how unfair life is and how they will be the ones to fix it, not even referring to open socialists- even normies like Ludwing will champion this type of stuff, while completely denying their looks had anything to do with their success, when they unintentionally and eventually reveal how sociopathic some of them truly are (Kacey, Ludwig, Asmon, Hasan, list of names is unnecessary just ALL of them), how they will betray or throw anyone under the bus for the clout numbers, when I see clips of Yassuo/Moe telling the delivery guy "I make too much money to be dealing with you right now" or the famous Nmplol/sodapoppin clip where they were flexxing their money on some random normie IRL or hasan piker who if he gets his ego hurt enough he will go on huge ego rants about how the guy in chat is a nobody, or kaceytron who will just call some incel in her chat jealous that she makes so much money, all while ALL of these people virtue signal about how jeff bezos or elon musk didnt deserve their money or something."
(Totally forgot I called out Kacey too LMAO)
"The greed of the twitch streamer probably far surpasses elon musk or jeff bezos or anyone else, the twitch streamer is the true hoarder of endless wealth. What are Hasan, Ludwing, Asmon, Austin, QT and everyone else doing with all that money? Do they have kids or anyone to support? They must have an insane amount of wealth combined together. They all preach so much about improving society, telling others or politicians what they should change to improve society. What have any of these people done to improve society? The best thing one can do for society right now is to email their state reps or senators and get them informed on what twitch tv is ASAP. Its a young and new industry but the sooner we get the boomers informed on it, the sooner we can crush this infested rat fuck entitlement nest with taxes. 80% tax rate for every streamer making above 1mill and the money goes directly to the homeless in their area, that way streamers can actually practice what they preach when they wealth transfer millions from their young viewers to themselves....Cant wait for Hasan piker to find a reason to oppose the policy though. "
In October, 2023 during my AMA, I wrote:
***"***Do you actually hate Streamers?
-YES! I started the anti-streamer arc back in 2021 when I sent Steven a schizo email about QTcinderella, KaceyTron, Ludwig, Hasan, and Vaush, and many others. When QT and Ludwig actually backstabbed Destiny in 2021? he went on stream and said "I think the schizo guy was actually right, streamers dont deserve the money they make". Based and true Steven."
Further comments:
Its absolutely no surprise to me nor anyone that POKIMANE is going around liking tweets shitting on Destiny/taking Ludwig's side. She's of course doing it to protect her wealth, I absolutely know this as fact because I study the skull shape of streamers. Her past friendly-terms with Destiny nor her "opinions/morals" hold any tangible shape or form and instead, is merely just an amorphous blob of void that takes whatever shape it needs to take to protect her wealth at any given time. With the greatest irony, the best pro-socialist arguments have always been just studying the "aristocracy" of these same 10-15 multimillionaire streamers that huddle together to protect their wealth over anything else. What else would you expect from a streamer scum that makes multi-millions of USD that they dont deserve, and got high off the feeling of "success"?
Literally just look at all the streamers huddling up in a ball (to protect their wealth and clout) under the replies of Destiny's tweet, pretending that Destiny's tweet showing a picture of QTCinderella is suddenly the red line that is THE MOST OFFENSIVE THING THEY HAVE EVER SEEN AND THEY ARE SO OFFENDED, when ALL of these people, in mass, covered Destiny's divorce with Melina LIVE as it happened and then threw sly comments at Destiny, open-relationships, "cuckolding", and other random shit, while taking Melina's side? Look at the comments section of ANY, LITERALLY ANY video covering Destiny's divorce from these specific streamers. Yet the one picture of QTCinderella is the offensive tweet? Well, streamers mere existence offends me, why dont they quit that?
If this post gets upvoted to the front and Ludwig happens to read it (because we all know hes browsing the destiny subreddit), then here are my comments for Ludwig, the disgusting rat I've hated since February 2022 -
Hey Ludwig, you know that procedure that red pillers like to recommend men get, the vasectomy? To make sure any stuff doesnt come out down there? Well after watching your stream, I think you should get that same procedure but for your mouth/throat instead, to make sure there isnt any stuff coming out of there either. AND the reason why this is super important, and why it would be like killing 2 birds with 1 stone, is because not only would it prevent us from hearing the retarded shit you say, but it would also prevent any Cum from flying out of your mouth and getting QTCinderella pregnant on accident, because you know.... of all the Hasan Piker's Cum you guzzle down your throat on the daily (to protect your wealth). Wouldnt want QTCinderella getting pregnant with Hasan Piker's child, specifically because there's no guarantee Hasan would pay child support, he would probably just pay in exposure LMFAO. Oh and also dont forget the utilitarian argument, we wouldnt want to have to make all those extra visits to the hospital to drop off all those extra chromosomes the child may have from being related to Hasan Piker.
Bonus point - Where the fuck is MrMouton these days? Feel like the dude became a full time streamer and then just disappeared.
JK, anytime I wonder where MrMouton is, I just que up on my fungus 7 League account and MrMouton is in every single game.
EDIT1: forgot to add that the only reason Vaush doesn't do debates anymore is because he's realized he can maintain his current wealth level without debates and that, if he DID DO debates and embarrassed himself on the Israel/Palestine, he would just lose following aka lose wealth. So like everyone with the streamer DNA, he protects his wealth over any values/principles.
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2024.05.10 17:40 No_Somewhere_8601 To the bitches that use the "review my score trend" to gain validation and boast

I am going to say this once. Y’all are the most pathetic life forms on this already god forsaken shitty planet. You are fucking morons absolute morons. When I made a joke about how y’all rush to this subReddit for validation and then put a gif of the flash running in it. Y’all thought I was salty. Y’all called me a "noob". I got 92% and even I have the right to boast about it. But I don’t. And you have put effort it is your choice. But don’t do it like pathetic creatures and be fucking straightforward about it instead of using this review my score trend as an excuse. When it first started people genuinely wanted us to review their score and percentage irrespective of how high or low they got compared to their prelims or whatever . What disgusts me is that y’all hide behind this trend to boast about your percentage and then when I make a joke about it for fun y’all dumbass gets salty and call me a "noob" and how I’m salty when all I did is make a joke for fun times sake. But keep going keep calling me a noob calling me salty cause the only salty guys making personal attacks are you pathetic lot. You guys have the mental aptitude of a senile earthworm. You are pathetic the most pathetic humans on this planet and you will always be fucking pathetic. Atleast have the decency to be straightforward about it.
** Nowsome may say I’m overdoing it at this point and I may be overdoing it. Give hate give me all the fucking cuckold lash back you can if you hate this post for some reason or the other I cannot care less. The audacity of these bastards to call me salty and noob after they hide behind a trend to boast about their performance is just pathetic and dumb. Give me all the hate you want I’m frankly pissed and annoyed with them and I won’t hide it**
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2024.05.09 18:48 dinhiusmaximus Black mirrors.

Ok. I'm starting to wonder this. . .
Phones are basically black mirrors. And because our intentions are everything... I'm now wondering if people are unconsciously projecting themselves through these portals through these phones. . . Which is also why porn is bad because idk perhaps things happen which shouldn't be happening as a result of like staring into these phones and may also explain some sort of voyeurism going on when people scroll through there phone mindlessly as if scrying without realizing it so as such.
So overall. . Intentfully safeguard yourself against these devices and intend it to be so that these actions be not taken against you nor is it to be carried out on your part.
If done so knowingly please turn away. The entire multiverse relies on your commitment to liberation to end our collective suffering.
Sex is sacred and if people are going around astral projecting knowingly or unknowingly or whatever and like some people know this shit and abuse that then that itself is a issue and a invasion of sacred free will.
The best way to secure yourself in purification is to evolve your heart to know right and wrong. . .
And that way, if you do so intend to, come into eternal agreement of marriage with your partner. . You want to do so in health in luv. Otherwise, it would be based off a foundation of lower frequency creation. Corruptible creation.
All rights reserved.
Edit-- Y'all may have heard of the slider phenomena. Where basically people make electronics act strangely.
I believe this may play a part in porn.
Where because porn is meaningless and the ones watching it give it their energy into these vessels through these portals or whatever. . That somehow energies are being entangled as a result in some sort of spiritual orgy.
Probably not good considering the energies connected to it.
These devices are literally creating portals into this realm. . .through black magic and spiritual bypassing.
Edit 2--
Idk how to explain this but it's like when people watch porn it has no meaning in it and it is soul sucking. . It is like it is programming the mind to cuckold itself.
I don't believe what's on screen is always people or that they themselves may be being controlled by a non human intelligence
Like you are imagining two people doing it together when you are not involved but getting off to it. So the mind is sacred in itself.
So it's like in a way when people watch this stuff, the mind is being programmed to manifest basically others to have sex which in a way is like puppeteering them and not then out of their own accord. . So someway somehow this involves then others living through others to experience that experience through others and not they themselves with another.
It's also unknowingly being revealed in others as well that others are needing the energy from others to manifest that intimacy for them which is superficial. Pleasure off unknowingly participating in cuckold. . .that's like the state of society which is to be apparently the apex predator or the big boss or bigger person in terms of materialism and false social media superiority.
This may have some sort of connection as to why people still watch porn while they are with their partner.
It doesn't make sense when you have two beautiful awesome people with each other to even involve that in the relationship. That shit is weird.
Not exactly a superpower. . . I would say either. . .
This may be choppy but it's some sort of strange realization I'm coming towards to.
Not my proudest realization but I say this to perhaps free whatever means that might connect others to purify themselves from any entanglements.
But overall this could explain the state of this reality where it is organized in a certain way for you to manifest for others and not for yourself.
And there is nothing wrong with manifesting for others but it is when you are being forced to do so and against your own will especially when you are put under some spell.
Being cucked. Being pimped. Being prostituted. That is demonic sex magic exemplified in the state of society we live in today. Like cattle just lining up to be slaughtered and eaten willingly because people aren't reading between the lines. They just do what they are told.
But if you knew better you'd do better.
This as a result will reveal who truly has the power.
The righteous. And the righteous are those who respect the land and the animals and all living creatures who live on the earth.
Take your power back. Just don't go insane over power or whatever . . .or even fallinto the trap of abrupt realization of liberation that you go into a frenzy due to prolonged suppression of your awareness.
The spiritual orgy is the representation of uncontrolled and lack of mastery of intentful creation that is pure and incorruptible.
Instead of going that route, bring back all the pieces back together and bring yourself back to the state of masterful intention so that you may put all that tender luving care unto your eternal life partner. . . Where spiritual orgies may be a expression in one way. . . You can just give that all then to your partner knowing it will come back unto itself and outwardly in ways that are deemed incorruptible and good.
Otherwise, the spiritual orgy in itself is something that is insatiable and never to be able to be fulfilled resulting in one living a life of disattisfaction.
Again a representation of the state of society. . Always consuming and always wanting more and never being satisfied. Always needing to prove something. Always needing validation but unable to fulfill itself with the things that which are material and that do not stem from the heart and the greater good of All.
The trap is living through others and not living through yourself. Again a aspect of social media. Luv doesn't need to prove itself. It simply just is.
The trap is believing you don't deserve the best and that sex and luv are seperate things. . .otherwise you are only considering sex as on the same level as objectification and you are telling yourself that it is okay when it is not.
Purify yourself and don't corrupt yourselves.
You are only going away from the All that which is good when you do this and blinding yourself in ways that you are not allowing yourself to able to receive and give that what is incorruptible.
Don't dilute your inheritance.
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2024.05.08 22:38 MrHipsTulips about me

Hi, thanks for checking out my profile!
Especially if you’re a woman who loves to be pleased… ;)
Despite my confident, strong appearance, I’m a service-oriented sub, and I’m just aching to give you the attention, adoration, and pleasure you deserve. Let me worship you.
I’ll never pressure you to put out or to reciprocate. For me, sex is about giving you head, or whatever else you’re into. Pleasing you turns me on.
Online flirting and sexting is great, but I’m also looking for irl play, so please be local to the Portland area.
I have a bunch of kinks I’d be happy to explore, but we can also keep it plain and simple. However, if you’re interested, I enjoy power imbalances, light humiliation, orgasm denial, cuckolding, body/ass worship, completing assignments/chores (I’m a decent handyman), and much more. I’m also curious about simping and light financial domination. My previous playmate persuaded me to finance her fun, and it was suuch a rush. So if you enjoy being a little spoiled, let me know?
What are YOU into? How can I add value to your life? :)
Small print:
I’m 38, athletic build, 6’ tall, handsome face. I’m in excellent shape, so if you’re looking for someone to go hiking with or do other physical activities, I’m into it.
I’m married with permission to play. Just trying to scratch my submissive itch, not change my relationship status. That said, I’ll always respect your decisions, your boundaries, and your existing relationships.
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2024.05.08 14:00 Ok-Wasabi7061 Envious and resentful due to my height and face.

I have an overbearing urge to do something terrible one day. I'm not sure what it is, but I want to make sure that someone other than myself will feel the misery that I have been put through. The levels of inferiority, pain and worthlessness that I am forced to experience on a day to day basis is a severe injustice that this world has inflicted upon me, all because of a built in physical characteristic that I have no control over. In fact, this world does not deserve a drop of my empathy or kindness after what it has forced me to go through. I have had all fun and enjoyment taken away from me with no reason as to why, as I watch as it is given to others. Feelings of emasculation and incompetency haunt my every waking hour and I question what I did to deserve this and what others have done to deserve better.
I am sick and tired of the unfair treatment that I am forced to recieve no matter what I do to make up for my height. No personality, status or social skills could possibly make up for my short stature, and especially my face. I guess I am forced to be placed in an eternal cuckold and complete invisibility to others around me because my body resfuses to develop and my genes are useless in modern dating and society.
And then my lackluster appearance in combination with everything else that has gone wrong with me is what would prompt most to question how I have even managed to stay sane. Most people would have already snapped or possibly ended everything if they were placed in my shoes. My life is the worst curse anyone could suffer, and is comparable to hell on earth.
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2024.05.08 01:33 Legal_Worker_9040 My (28F) girlfriend (?) cheated on me (24M) but claims it was all his fault and she didn't mean to do that

I'm meeting a girl since 06.01.2024, we met on badoo. She's still married to another guy, but she's waiting for a divorce, I'm sure about it. About background od their marriage. He was master of controlling, he was taking advantage of her for past 10 years, because of her health problems, she didn't meet his expectations therefore he made her cuckold. At the end od their marriage she was nearly dead in my opinion, as she weighed 35kg/165cm and her skin was almost transparent.
Back to present, as I said, we started seeing each other at the beginning of the year. Nothing too serious but we had sex in the first week. Then, 26.02.24, we had our first fight, not over some petty things. The reason for that was that she was still using Badoo. Ok, got it. We were not in any type of relationship. Just sleepovers, zoo, these type of shit. She said that I shouldn't be worried, cause she is just texting with those guys, as friends ofc. Then that she is not seeing anybody, much less sleeps with anybody. I still wasn't sure what to think, so I didn't speak to her for 2 days. Then I reached out to her, she apologized for that, deleted account, stopped using Badoo. One or two days later (01.03.24) we were texting as always, then suddenly she dissapeard for few hours (18:30-22:30). She said she was downstairs, talking with parents. That moment I had serious gut feeling that something happened. She never do this, as she has poor communication skills towards them. I was at her house 02.03.24 and asked her mom, indirectly, about previous evening, she wasn't with them, she went out. But I was fool to not ask about it right away, as we were after argument and I was afraid of loosing her.
One week ago she admitted that we're together. Soon, I'm going abroad to work, so my insecurities woke up and started to drill my mind. I confronted her today about this, that I know she wasn't downstairs, talking with them as she said. I needed to press her a little but she admitted that she was at the hotel with some guy, and he fucked her.
There the fun begins. 😎
I asked why she did it, as she said (26.02) that she's not seeing and don't have sex with anybody, but she met with that guy (01.03) not even a week later. Her response was:
"No, I didn't do it on purpose, I wasn't the one who initiated the meeting, I didn't know it would end like this and I basically ran home straight away. "
LIKE WHAT THE HOLY FUCK XD she claims that they only planned to meet, to grab a dinner and talk. She texted that it was her first time seeing him. They went to his hotel room, he took a shower and they were sitting on a bed (Who tf talks in bed when there are chairs, especially when it's first, non-romantic meet up) they were talking and suddenly she felt something she felt previously with her husband. I mean she was giving her husband her coochie, because she was tired, wanted to have it checked and go to sleep. She said she didn't wanted to do that, but he was so clingy and insistent that she let him fuck her and she ran away after that. Am I retarded or is it a good explanation? She didn't initiated the meeting but she immediately was down for it, she didn't wanted to have sex with him, but she was lying there and let him do that. She was ashamed, panicked and angry with herself after that. She didn't told me that, but admitted today that she was preparing to confess that to me. Later, we had video chat. We're talking about this and she spilled the beans. She got entangled in her own lies and told "when we first met, back in January" then I finished the call. Lie after lie, one gargantuan lie.
The problem is that I love her so much and I'd like to forgive her but is it a good solution? I'm 100% that it was last time. As I said, in this time everything was awesome, and I was alive again after traumatizing relationship. I felt loved, she took care of me, we helped each other a lot. I was never in a marriage, but those 10 years surely fucked her mind a lot. She offered me full access to all of her texts, Messenger, emails, I mean everything. She even is downloading Facebook data copy, so I can be sure this was one-time event. What to do?
TL;DR not possible, don't know how to summarize it.
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2024.05.07 02:39 QuillAndTrowel MacBeth & the Guard

[Guard] My Lord?
[Lord MacBeth] Loyal liege, how now?
[Guard] Good Lord, you had me frightened. It’s so bloody dark out here, I wasn’t sure who it was. Let me get you a torch, Sire.”
[Lord MacBeth] No, no, no. No need a’tall. I shan’t be long.
[Guard] Yes, Sire. No need to worry, your Lady was just here—gave us a little nip to warm the blood—fine Lady, my Lord. Ole’ Scott here,” [motions to guard, passed out in the corner] “he took the whole thing in one gulp. Me, I’m saving mine for later. You know it’s just me now standing watch now betwixt the whole world and King Duncan? How ‘bout that? —Well, me and you, now, I reckon. Scary thought, eh? Good thing the good King has such a man as me. If he knew what a lightweight Ole’ Scott was, he’d have him kicked out the regiment, don’t ya suppose?
[Lord MacBeth] I do suppose, yes. Say, why don’t you enjoy your drink, and I’ll stay up for watch?
[Guard] O! No, my Lord. I could never do that. You know well, Sire, I’m a man of duty. As I says, it’s just me—well, and you, presently—keeping the wolves at the door. No, Sire, I shall keep my faith, guard my post, defend the crown on all that is holy: in the name of the Cross and the Savior and my father all alike.
[Lord MacBeth] Yes, good Liege, very well, I just thought that you might want to celebrate in our great victory over that treasonous limpjack, MacDonwald.
[Guard] Don’t get me wrong, Sire—and please don’t tell Lady MacBeth I didn’t swig it down (like Ole Featherweight Scott here); truly, Sire, I’d rather perish in the darkness, my scream muffled by the swollen black night that engulfs us, than to offend your most sweet and fair Lady. No, I’m looking forward to tipping the cup once the relief comes, certainly—but what kind of guard would I be if I got tottled on the watch? [Turns to sleeping man] No, offense, of course, Scotty. With MacDonwald dispatched we just don’t know who else might be up to mischief, my Lord. Thank goodness for men like me and you, Sire, men who put their life down before the King.
[Lord MacBeth] You are a fine man, Guard. I will commend you to King Duncan, when I see him. But, I think you have nothing to fear tonight. The air surrounding us is so dark not even a snake would sneak from his lair.
[Guard] Yes, I don’t expect to find any snakes outside their lair tonight, my Lord. So, vigilant I will be until my turn has come.
[Lord MacBeth] [aside] What type of man curses me to my face in my own castle and does not even know it? I should slice this blade across his throat only for so much mindless chatter. His words are like daggers in my ears.
[turns to Guard] Tis a fool that saves his inheritance for his funeral.
[Guard] My Lord?
[Lord MacBeth] Your turn has come. The Lady doesn’t tolerate men who turn down her offerings.
[Guard] [groans]
[Lord Macbeth]
Like cuckold waiting up for wife’s last dance,
He ought to have part’d when given the chance.

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2024.05.06 15:49 Guest_459 What are your guys' thoughts on this?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQKQwqL5pdw
Normally I agree with Sheikh Assim on most matters, and I agree that we should hide sins, and of course, Allah SWT is most forgiving. What I don't agree with is how the brother was lied to, and after the truth came out, the Sheikh is just expecting him to overlook that. If he did similar haram things himself before mariage, sure, it could be warranted. But I could go into a multitude of reasons of why chaste men are very sensitive when it comes to a woman's past, but let's just boil it down to how having many partners can affect a woman's ability to pair-bond, as well as how Islam requires us to provide for our wives and be committed to her via marriage, whereas other men, sometimes even Kaffir men, had their fun for free without responsibility. One of the things men fear most is being cuckolded, if I'm going to be completely honest. So many Muslims are cheating on their spouses these days, Astagfirullah. So for sisters who read this who might get offended by this, please try to understand where we Muslim Men are coming from. And I know there's chaste women out there too, ofc.
And it's really to be honest a bit frustrating that the women who commit these sins, and their friends and social circles are using the mercy of Allah SWT, not to genuinely repent, but as a cop out to deflect any sort of accountability, saying "past is past," "only he can judge me," etc. While it is true, how can you say with such confidence that you will be forgiven? Like I'm not saying they, or even Muslim Men who have committed Zina for that mettter shouldn't repent, but it's not fair to load that baggage onto a chaste spouse. While as Muslims we shouldn't pry into others' sins, it's also not fair to start a marriage with a lie either.

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2024.05.05 23:05 Reasonable_Injury121 Chivalry Is On Life Support, Chapter Thirty-Four

On Wednesday afternoon, as I walked back to the English department building from The Corner Cafe’ with Neil’s coffee, I mentally went through the various steps I had read on-line about how to curtsy. I planned to practice later in my office as well as that evening after Brooke and Luke went to sleep. Brooke had given me a new pair white lace fashion tights that morning that I wore under my khakis. The nylon and lace combination against my skin made me feel especially submissive. And I was still wearing the damned choker for the third day in row.
I decided that women’s tights were not designed for long walks; I had to keep pulling them up and adjusting them as I walked (as inconspicuously as possible).
Neil’s door was open when I walked up. I looked around the hall to see if anyone saw me bringing in the coffee (not that they would know it wasn’t mine, although I was not known to be a big coffee drinker — I tended to favor tea or even Diet Coke for my caffeine).
“Hey, pal.”
“Hi, Neil. Here’s your coffee. I also got you a blueberry muffin. I figured you’re not an a diet, so I thought you might enjoy it.”
“Thanks. Muffins are full of carbs and empty calories. But I did swim laps for an hour this morning, so I guess it’s okay. You didn’t have one, too, did you?”
“Are you kidding? I had an apple.”
In fact, I ate my apple sitting across the table from Brooke as she enjoyed the toasted everything bagel with cream cheese and smoked salmon I had prepared for her, my stomach growling. I wondered if Neil would offer to repay me for the coffee and muffin. He didn’t, that day or in the future, which surprised me. I continue to genuinely like Neil, although many things about him have turned out to surprise me. Perhaps he thought that not paying me back was all part of enhancing my knowledge of masochism or something.
“Good man. Well, we should probably close the door so you can get started.”
I closed the door. His office wasn’t very large so there was only a small area next to his desk chair for me to work.
“What if someone just comes in?,” I said.
“Everyone always knocks when the door is closed, especially when the light is on. But even if someone did, it’s not like you’re giving me a blowjob.” He laughed. “It’s just a foot massage, no big deal.”
Objectively that was true, I suppose, but I felt that was easy for him to say, as the recipient of the massage. Foot massages were happening in nail salons, spas and massage parlors throughout the country at that very moment, without any suggestion of impropriety or anything sexual. Still, at least to a masochist like me, there was just something so fundamentally submissive about the act of kneeling in front someone and massaging the lowest part of their body. Call it the dirty mind of a masochist, I guess.
And sure enough, as I got down on my knees in front of my colleague, my cock began to throb in its cage. At times such as this, I was actually grateful to be locked up. I looked up at Neil, waiting for him to take off his brown, leather shoes (Rockports, I believe). But, as he made no move to do so – I guess Luke had conditioned him to expect the full service treatment from me – I untied his laces and removed his shoes. Meanwhile, he munched on his muffin. More stomach growls of envy from me.
“Would you like me to do the massage with your socks on or off?”
“Oh, definitely off. Just the way you did it at your place.”
I removed his socks and began doing some warm-up twists, and then rubbing the arch of his right foot. While Neil’s feet did not have the chiseled appearance of Luke’s, they were not unattractive for male feet – although they definitely could use some moisturizer. I made a mental note to bring some with me next week (as much for my own comfort as his).
“Man, that feels good.” he sighed contentedly. “Three back-to-back classes are killer.”
Neil and l actually had a pleasant conversation as I worked on his feet. We spent some time discussing my book. For my chapter covering 19th and 20th century fiction, I wanted his insight on Patrick Hamilton’s novel, Hangover Square, which, while not overtly about cuckolding, was certainly about a serious male masochist. Hamilton’s protagonist essentially becomes a simp to a manipulative failed actress who he is in love with and her fascist boyfriend. Suffering from dissociative identity disorder (and alcoholism), he eventually goes on a murderous rampage against his tormentors.
Some readers of my tale may either needlessly worry, or foolishly wish, that I will go on a murderous rampage against Luke and/or Brooke. That, of course, is beyond preposterous. First, I am not mentally ill. Second, I love Brooke and, but for erotic and obsessive love, I know that she loves me. Third, the relationship I have entered into with Luke and Brooke is one I pledged to do as a condition of marrying Brooke and keeping her in my life. I did it with full free will; I stay in it with full free will. Fourth, I have enough self awareness to know that another reason that I stay in the relationship is because it satisfies some deep masochistic need in me. Brooke saw this need in me before I saw it myself (I’ve always known that she is far smarter than I). Some no doubt believe I am totally devoid of self respect and despise me for my passivity, for not taking dramatic steps to end my subjugation. I would counter that someone who resorts to violence is far more pathetic and lacking in self respect than I.
Paul and Anna are a somewhat different story, as there is an element of coercion involved. But violence as a remedy is still unthinkable to me. And I have to admit that, like Brooke, I too have been caught up in “the game.” My brain is my biggest sexual organ by far (it doesn’t have much competition, admittedly), and I’m excited (both sexually and intellectually) to see how far they will take things. You probably have to be a masochist to understand...
To those readers who are sincerely worried about me and my mental health, I say: thank you, I genuinely appreciate your concern. One never knows for sure, but I think that I’ll be okay. To those handful of judgmental readers who loathe me because I’m not doing what they believe they would do in similar circumstances, who despise me because I don’t conform to their oversimplified concept of manhood – you know who you are – by forcefully taking matters into my own hands in some dramatic manner, I say: get over yourselves. I am not you; I’m me. And I’m probably more of a man than many of you are even when I’m dressed in a garter belt, stockings and a maid’s cap, trying ineptly to curtsy to my superiors. But I digress.
Neil and I also discussed his upcoming tenure process. I assured him that he would have my full support in the consultation and subsequent letter of recommendation. I had just wrapped up his 45-minute massage with gentle squeezes to the tips of each of his toes and was about to put his socks and shoes back on his feet when there was a knock on the door. I quickly stood up and stepped to the other side of Neil’s desk.
“Come in,” said Neil.
The door opened and Paul Betz walked in. Neil’s feet were under his desk, but his shoes and socks were lying in plain view on the floor next to him. A bit odd for a cold December day. Knowing Paul as I was beginning to, I was fairly certain that it did not escape his attention.
“Hi, Professor Lawson. Professor Rollins,” he nodded at me, with a faint smile.
Hi, Paul,” said Neil warmly.
“Hi, Paul. I was just leaving,” I said.
“See you later, pal. Thanks a bunch,” said Neil, as I left the room.
Luke was back Wednesday night, and was actually in an unusually good mood, having signed a letter of intent to acquire a company in Indiana, the next frontier of his expanding empire. I cooked them grilled salmon, asparagus and wild rice, while I had a few pieces of salmon in my salad.
As I served Luke a third Yuengling and Brooke a third glass of wine, Luke said, “That was a damn good dinner, prof. I tell you what. I’m in such a good mood tonight, I’m going to let you have a glass of wine so we can all toast my new deal. Get yourself a glass.”
“Yes, sir. Thank you, sir.”
After I filled my glass with Pinot Gris, Brooke raised her glass and said, “To Hanover HVAC and Plumbing!” After we clinked our glasses, she said to Luke, “Ok, babe, it’s been three days, and I’m hornier than hell. Take me upstairs now, please.”
“Hold your horses, baby. Let’s finish our drinks first.”
Brooke downed her glass and said, “Okay, I’m done.”
“Think of your husband, here. He finally gets to have a drink with us and you’re rushing him.”
“Since you’re in such a good mood, babe, maybe he could join us – in bed. What do you think?”, Brooke asked him.
“Why not? Cuck, do you have any boxer shorts left?”
“Walter only wore tighty whiteys before I made him switch to panties and tights. I only let him keep two pairs of his old underwear.”
“Go, put on your tighty whiteys, prof, and we’ll meet you in the bedroom. You can take your glass of wine with you.”
Well, this was different. I went upstairs and undressed, removing the fashion tights I had been wearing all day under my pants, and put on a pair of my old underwear.
When they came upstairs, Brooke started laughing loudly when she saw me. ”I’m sorry to laugh, Walter. It’s just that it’s been so long since I’ve seen you in men’s underwear. Even those. It just doesn’t seem natural.” I had to admit, it did feel strange wearing them after all this time. Still, the humiliation of Brooke’s words (and her accompanying smile) caused my cock to throb.
“Kneel down and get the key from Brooke’s anklet and I’ll unlock you.”
I did as he commanded, growing instantly hard the moment he unlocked me and tenting out my tight, white cotton briefs. Meanwhile, they both stripped as well. Luke was completely naked and Brooke was naked except for a pair of white ankle socks. As much as I loved her bare feet, it was incredibly sexy to see her wearing only the socks (and the anklet). Brooke then spread lubricant all over Luke’s hardening cock as she kissed him passionately.
Luke next ordered me to lie down on the bed, and easily picked Brooke up, placing her on her knees over me at the edge of the bed. To be more precise, she faced the other direction from me and her vagina and lovely bottom were right above my neck. Standing next to the bed, he then penetrated her anally, his cock and scrotum inches above my face, causing her to moan.
“Lick my balls, cuck.”
I began licking his balls as he went in and out of Brooke. As she rocked back and forth, she used one of her hands to pull my briefs down, so that her long hair brushed tantalizingly against my liberated cock. It was a wonderful feeling. At one point, Luke pulled completely out of her, and placed his wet, glistening cock in my mouth for me to suck. I couldn’t tell if the evident moisture was the lubricant, Luke’s sweat or Brooke’s anal secretions; it was probably some combination of the three.
I was my usual conflicted self as I took him in my mouth. Humiliated, certainly. Disgusted, no doubt. But also incredibly aroused, and somewhat grateful to be included to this degree in their intimacy – which was highly unusual.
My arousal only increased when Brooke said, “Keep him hard for me.” Following her command, I sucked him with increased fervor.
Whereas I often suffer from premature ejaculation, Luke is the complete opposite. He has the ability to go on and on, and then go on longer. It leaves me in awe, to be honest. Whatever I think of his personality, his character, his politics, his taste in music, etc., I can not help but be in awe of his physical prowess and dominance. I told myself, this man, this cock – which gives my wife so much pleasure, which fulfills some primal need of hers – is worthy of worship, so you better suck it up. Figuratively as well as literally. And that’s what I did.
He next ordered me to get on my knees next to the bed. Reaching his arm under Brooke’s waist, he flipped her over like a ragdoll onto her back, and entered her vaginally.
As if reading my mind, she said, “Yeah, baby, I’m your fuck doll.”
“Lick my fuck doll’s feet, cuck.”
From my knees, I licked her feet all over, listening to her moan in ecstasy as he moved in and out of her. Because of his good mood, perhaps, Luke was less brutal with Brooke than usual. He was forceful, of course, but there was no slapping and only a little hair pulling and nipple twisting. He did tease her, however. Even though I had counted at least three orgasms, I believe she was on the precipice of her fourth, when Luke pulled out of her. He hovered above her, his cock just outside of the threshold of her pussy. She thrust her pelvis up towards it, but he lifted himself still higher, denying her.
“Please baby, I’m so close.”
“You’re are a greedy, little slut, aren’t you?”
“Yes, baby, I’m your greedy, little fuck doll. Please baby, please put your glorious cock back inside me.”
“But you’re getting your feet licked. What about me?”
“Walter! Lick his feet! now! Please baby, please give me more.”
I started licking Luke’s left foot, hanging off the edge of the bed, with the same intensity I had applied to Brooke’s a moment earlier. He continued to tease her, however, inserting the tip of his cock into her and then stopping.
“Oh, gawd, Luke, please. I’m begging you.” She sounded on the verge of crying.
“I don’t know, babe. Maybe if my toes were being sucked, that might motivate me.”
“Walter, suck his toes!”
So, I did, of course. Luke was clearly enjoying the power trip of tying Brooke’s pleasure to my debasement.
Suddenly, he ordered her to get up from the bed. He then sat down on it, and instructed her to sit down on his cock, but facing outwards towards me, so that her legs basically rested atop his.
“Lick your wife’s pussy.” Following his command, I licked her just above where she bounced up and down on his cock, again grateful for the intimacy. Grateful to be included, even in my subservient, supplemental role as oral servant. After she screamed out in what was obviously yet another orgasm, Luke commanded me, “Now lick my shaft.”
After another five minutes or so, during which I dutifully licked him, Luke lifted her off him, stood up and – finally ready to ejaculate – pumped his semen prodigiously onto Brooke’s face.
“Time to kiss your wife, prof.” Which I did, our lips touching through Luke’s mess.
After I cleaned up and the three of us showered, we all watched a thriller on cable, the two of them curled up together on the couch, eating the popcorn I had made. I lied down on the floor at their feet, eating my own bowl of popcorn, occasionally feeling Brooke’s socked foot tousle my hair. All in all, one of the most pleasant evenings the three of us had ever spent together – at least from my perspective. Little did I realize at the time that that would be the last time three of us would spend together for awhile and that it marked a turning point in our – or, to be more precise – in Brooke’s and Luke’s relationship.
That night after they went to sleep, I practiced curtsying in front of the mirror in my bedroom in the basement. Tomorrow was to be my first extended service to Paul and Anna, apparently with my other student, Kelly, and her boyfriend as their guests. The next step in my ever widening public humiliation.
Whether he simply forgot, in the glow of his good mood, or was feeling particularly generous, Luke did not lock me back up that evening. I rubbed myself through my panties as I lay down in bed that night, too timid to actually masturbate lest Luke suddenly realize what he had overlooked.
The combination of my unsatisfied arousal and my anxiety about the next day prevented me from sleeping well that night. Luke was already gone when I woke up the next morning. Brooke was still asleep when I brought her cup of coffee up to the bedroom. I noticed my chastity cage on the floor next to the bed, and quietly took it downstairs to my bedroom, hoping she would forget about it.
She, in fact, did. It is testimony to how muddled my brain had become that I thought that was a good thing at the time. Normally, it would have been, of course. But it wasn’t until the snarky doorman gave me permission to go upstairs – after again announcing myself as the maid – that I realized how fraught with potential danger my situation really was. Because on our prior two meetings, my cock had been locked safely away. This time, I belatedly realized, my cock would be available as another toy for my students to play with, a toy they could use to control and humiliate me like they never had before.
And that, too, is exactly what they did.
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2024.05.05 21:18 haiderali8860 🚨porn and rape fantasy🚨

I have a friend who is 22 years old who isn't yet married and all his life stayed pure. He has no interest in porn, doesn't masturbate and is built like a Hercules.
I noticed something from him, Whenever he looks at women he gets a huge boner just by looking at a woman or when some beautiful woman looks at him.
Why I'm telling you this?
I'm telling you this, because most of us watch porn and maybe most of us are porn addicts and don't even think it's bad. Let me tell you why it's bad. When you're gonna get married, you will feel a fear in you that you might not perform. Why would that fear come in the first place if you got frequent boners? Now you're gonna go to some doctor whos gonna give you medicine which is gonna pump you for some days but your problem isn't physical, it's psychological. When you watch too much porn you get desentezied and normal porn doesn't give you a boner. You think about fantasies now to have that boner or that rush of dopamine in your brain. That porn on pornhub with step-mom, step-sis wasn't funny, they knew normal person now is so addict they wanna feel some fantasy so they introduced porn in which family and your mahrams are involved. Sick Right? No. If I start telling you stories how sick a person can get you'd cry and burn your phone so you can leave this addiction. Cuckold porn in which a person is sitting in a chair and his wife or girlfriend is having sex with someone and he's having pleasure from that activity, you're becoming that from watching porn. And believe me , cuckold porn is the tip of the ice berg. A time will come you will fantasize about raping a woman and then that fantasy itself will fade and you'll now want more. You'll want pleasure from hurting women in real life as well.
Now, imagine a guy who gets a boner just by getting a look from a woman and on the other hand there is a guy who can't even have a boner when naked women are laying in bed. Who do you want to be?
The choice is yours.
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2024.05.05 01:13 bai-rouran He’s Not PowerPuff Pantalone, Part 2: Justice for Baizhu?

He’s Not PowerPuff Pantalone, Part 2: Justice for Baizhu?
Part 2 to the Foil Theory is here! (Here’s Part 1 for context.) Today, we’re discussing how it relates to the Commedia dell’Arte, Gnosticism, Greek mythology, historical figures, and the greater plot of Genshin Impact. Fair warning: This is long, and I can’t finish this analysis without addressing other major in-game lore, pop-culture references, and real-world history. Stop reading now if you're concerned with possible spoilers.
“Haven’t You Beaten This Topic to Death Already?!”
The first post only served as groundwork for lore & theories. The symbol attributed to Pantalone on the Harbinger’s Wheel is likely the Globus Cruciger, or the “orb and cross.”
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It’s a Christian symbol intended to represent God’s dominion over the world. The orb and cross are sometimes seen alongside the Barmas: a Russian collacrown featuring 7 medallions.
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*There’s a misconception these represent “heresy.” That was how they were treated by another videogame developer, not real-world history. Pantalone is wearing the Globus Cruciger as a ring.
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Now can we properly discuss Pants. Let's start with Pappus:
The Attelan stock character Pappus may have played a forerunner, or Harbinger, to Pantalone. Given the way formal theatre literature framed this, I chose to investigate Pappus first.
The name Pappus likely originated from the Greek ‘Pappos,’ meaning “grandfather” or “old man.” He was typically portrayed as a fool who was easily tricked by his wife or daughter. He may have been based on Pappus of Alexandria: a Greek mathematician who wrote 8 volumes of mathematical texts featuring Euclidian geometric principles and other subjects (called “Synagoge.”)
What’s Euclidian Geometry? “Euclidean geometry is a mathematical system attributed to ancient Greek mathematician Euclid, which he described in his texts on geometry, “Elements.” Pappus’ own work on projective planes was partly influenced by “Elements.” ‘Elements’ refers to geometric mathematical principles.
The Pappus Configuration is a configuration of nine points and nine lines in the Euclidean plane, with three points per line and three lines through each point.
That’s cool, but… I’m here for the gorgeous banker? Okay, okay. As I researched Pappus, it became evident that some works and terminology associated with him and Euclid may have been repurposed along with Gnostic premises for Genshin Impact’s plot. I’m operating on the assumption Hoyoverse read some of the same formal sources I did, so it feels criminal to omit these details. Moving on…

Commedia dell’Arte Pantalone
He’s consistent in his behaviomannerisms, and his role in the plot. He’s typically an affluent Venetian merchant whose greatest fear is financial loss, and encompasses everything his (proposed) primary inspiration isn’t.
Pantalone is rich, greedy, lecherous, pompous, and prone to mismanaging business and personal affairs. He’s often partnered with Il Dottore in some capacity, sometimes married to La Signora, and often the father of one of the Innamorati. When he plays the father of one of the Innamorati alongside Dottore, they work together to keep the Lovers separated at all costs.
Some players discounted the Commedia dell’Arte influence on the Fatui Harbinger’s lore because it was comedic. However, “our” Pantalone is somewhat consistent with his Commedia dell’Arte image, and there are several Lazzos/background history that seem to have been foreshadowed already. Here’s an amazing example featuring Pulcinella:
-Lazzo of the Inside (Potential Pulcinella Spoilers)
To create the illusion of ferociousness, Pulcinella (hidden behind a door from the Captain) fakes the voices of servants being beaten by him. That’s the entire punchline of this Lazzo.
-Lazzo of Greeting (Potential Pulcinella Spoilers)
“Pulcinella greets the Captain or another character with what seems like great respect. He says, "You are the son of Jove, the new moon, and twice the last name of Alexander!" Then, Pulcinella explains, "The son of Jove refers to Bacchus, who is depicted as a goat. The new moon is represented by horns, and the last name of Alexander is Magno. When repeated twice, it becomes magno-magno. So, the entire greeting means: 'Eat it up, eat it up, you horned goat [cuckold].'"
In Genshin Impact, Tartaglia speaks of Pulcinella as a concerned-grandpa-type looking out for his family, while Wanderer is convinced that Pulcinella’s real message to Tartaglia is something to the effect of “your family’s lives are in my hands.” These Lazzo tells us who’s more likely to be correct. Pulcinella being made out to be as malicious as he’s implied may be an illusion, and he may not share the loyalty/regard to the organization that other members do in spite of his cooperative front. Wanderer’s take on his behavior speaks only to affirming personal biases. (Keep in mind that Wanderer assumes the worst of everyone, and that About voicelines alone don’t necessarily speak to the full truth; only the character’s perception of the truth.)

Lazzo of Pantalone’s Story

“Pantalone begins to tell ridiculous and impossible stories about adventures he has supposedly had with well-known figures from medieval/ancient history.”
The punchline is that he talks about this at great lengths, and nobody believes him. I questioned how Hoyoverse may have used this Lazzo, and came at it from several angles that all felt equally ridiculous. It got messier when I factored in the possibilities behind other popular theories I’ve read. He’s King Deshret, he’s a Vishap-person, he’s Nibelung, he’s Changsheng’s evil segment, he’s Rouran, he’s Ouroboros incarnate, he’s the one who founded the Wangshang Funeral Parlor, he’s Baizhu moonlighting as a Harbinger, he’s a priest who ventured into the Abyss, he’s an Abyss Mage/Lector, he’s the Heart of Naberius, he’s a soldier who fell into the Chasm, he’s Caribert, he’s immortal Clothar Alberich, etc.
In the end, I chose to interpret this as “Pantalone is ancient, and has likely played more than one historical role in Genshin Impact.” Why?
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1: Saint Pantaleon/Pantaleimon, Christian healer & martyr in Greek-speaking Roman City of Nicomedia:
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St. Pantaleon (meaning ‘all things like a lion,) better known as St. Pantaleimon (the all-compassionate) is commonly suggested to have inspired Commedia Pantalone, making Commedia Pantalone a traditional foil to his real-world counterpart. Born and raised with a Pagan education during Diocletian’s persecution of Christians, Pantaleon gravitated to medicine. One day, he happened upon a child who’d been killed by a viper. Saving the child was beyond his power as a mortal physician, and Pagan gods wouldn’t come through. As a test of faith, he prayed to God. The child was revived, & the viper was killed. He’s renamed Pantaleimon, usually upon converting to Christianity.
He went on to treat everyone without charge (including restoring a blind man’s sight to convert his father,) and treated prisoners freely too, many of whom were Christians. Jealous doctors who’d lost patients to Pantaleimon’s goodwill responded by reporting him to Emperor Maximian for healing Christians. Emperor Maximian ordered Pantaleimon to sacrifice to Pagan gods, but he refused and proposed a test of faith. A sick person for whom there was no hope would be brought before them, and each would pray to God/Pagan Gods to see who came through. They brought in a paralyzed man. Pagan Gods didn’t respond. Pantaleimon un-paralyzed the man using the power of God. Now playing “Big Mad,” Maximian responded by killing the unparalyzed guy, and sentencing Pantaleimon to torture. However, the power of God protected Pantaleimon from a ton of your usual Roman violence (boiling, stabbing, etc) so Maximian ordered his execution.
At the site of his execution, God called down to him. The soldier's swords softened upon their attempts to execute him. He forgave the soldiers ordered to kill him, they repented, he told them to off him anyway to protect them, and he was beheaded. However, his body refused to decay.
St. Pantaleimon is the best evidence Pantalone plays a foil to Genshin Impact’s Baizhu, and the best evidence of a potential Alberich/Khaenri’ah allegory.
Baizhu is currently following a path similar to Pantaleimon’s. Though he extorted Pantalone indirectly over the Everlasting Incense (which is extremely funny for reasons I’ll explain later) he’s also known to treat people for free when they can’t afford his help. He’s the pharmacist from Liyue we work with to cure Anna’s illness, and he used his research on Qiqi to save Jialiang from death. He’s currently in pursuit of immortality, which Pantaleimon appeared to achieve in the end, and was ultimately ‘killed’ for.
The narrative similarities to Clothar’s pleas to the Statue of the Seven in saving Caribert are too flagrant to ignore. The Archons don’t answer, but the “Sinner” did, and imbued Caribert with the Loom of Fate (said to be of Primordial Creation) saving Caribert. This story may imply that the “Sinner” is some aspect of the Primordial One.
2: Pantaleon/Pantaleimon Sudzhaksky:
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I could only find Bulgarian Orthodox and Russian Orthodox sources mentioning this variation of St. Pantaleimon’s background, and some are conflicting on whether or not healing was involved. He was born into extreme poverty, sent to work in an old shoe shop and doing other odd jobs from a young age to survive. A terrible plague swept across his homeland, and he was left wandering alone, surrounded by endless death. He sought understanding/help, and ended up in a monastery on Mount Athos (an important Greek center of Eastern Orthodox Monostacism.) He inquired persistently as to the nature of life and death, and became fixated on partaking in Holy Communion, believing it to bestow eternal life. He would eventually be expelled for partaking in excess, and went on to become a religious leader whose followers lived in poverty. He believed communion to be their salvation; everlasting connection to God. He was persecuted by the Greek patriarch, and arrested under orders of the Bishop of Adrianople. However, he and his followers would go on to unite with the Catholic Church. He was later venerated in Bulgaria and Russia as Saint Pantaleimon, suggesting multiple “St. Pantaleimon” inspirations. 1 article claims he founded a religion known as Pantaleymonovsty: I can't find anything else to expand on this. I also had to translate sources, so hopefully I haven’t missed important details, but I can’t promise so.
His story is similar to Baizhu’s with the loss of his parents during a plague and pursuit of immortality, but more closely resembles Pantalone’s, given his implied profound experience with destitution, and rhetoric dictated by religion & leadership. This St. Pantaleimon lends more credence to the Foil theory, as well as several Liyue and religion-oriented theories, which leads me to…
3. Holy Prophet Mani, the Zoroastrian Martyr:
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I generally avoid using Wikipedia summaries, but when formal sources back them up and I can’t find a better way to summarize info, they’re helpful.
“Mani was an Iranian prophet and the founder of Manichaeism, a religion most prevalent in late antiquity. The exact meaning of the name is a question still unsolved. It may have derived from Babylonian-Aramaic Mânâ [luminescence].” Mandaeans used the term mânâ rabba, which means "Enlightened Lord/King". Ancient Greek interpretations were skeuos (σκεῦος, vessel, instrument) and homilia (ὁμιλία, intercourse, company, communion, instruction.)
Here’s where the Foil theory gets interesting:
Baizhu’s birthday is April 25th. This is also the date commemorating Mani’s birth.
A prophet who blended Gnosticism with Buddhist and Zoroastrian elements, Mani was arrested and martyred by Persian authorities, not unlike St. Pantaleimon. Meanwhile, our Pantalone is looking… An awful lot like a conglomeration of a different Saint Pantaleimon, and Commedia Pantalone.
4. King Pantaleon/Panteleimon:
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King Pantaleon was a Greek King and successor to Demetrius I Anicetus the ‘Unconquered,’ who is thought by some to have been his brother. His copper-alloy coins may be suggestive of early Bactrian trade with China. His role is consistent with the ‘ruling with the authority of God’ sentiment behind the Globus Cruciger, and involves production of personalized currency.
5: Rouran Khaganate, "Zhongli"+ "Xiao", & "Pantaleon y las Visitadoras"
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Modernization/assimilation (Alatus = Xiao, Deus Auri = Zhongli, Abrax = Aberaku, etc) is a common theme Pantalone may have followed as an ancient entity. Considering this and his connection to Baizhu lends credence to the Rouran coin-replacement-as-warfare theory discussed in the first post. Furthermore, one of the last recorded Rouran was named Furen.
There’s also some interesting misinformation that Hoyo may have been inspired by to explain the similarities to Pantalone’s pose in Winter Night’s Lazzo, and the Harbinger’s cloaks. One historian/linguistic expert claimed linguistic origins revealed ‘Rouran’ may not have been a name, but an ancient term for anyone who defected from their nation/allegiance to serve a charismatic warlord. I say ‘misinformation’ because this was disproven by another historian. (The Rouran Khaganate overall is very misunderstood.)
Thanks to user Kameshazam linking info I missed, the "Pantalone is Rouran" theory may have been proven in full! Recall from the 1st post that "Rouran" owns the Flower Boat (referencing prostitution vessels) set in the harbor, opposite of Bubu Pharmacy.
"Pantaleon y las Visitadoras" is a Peruvian comedic novel by Mario Vargas Llosa (allegedly based on real events) featuring a Captain Pantaleon Pantoja. Pantaleon is reluctantly sent on a mission by the Peruvian Army to... Cultivate a secret prostitution service intended to "satisfy" soldiers stationed there. Despite his misgivings, he follows orders. The services are referred to as "benefits" under an "audit" program, and the prostitutes are referred to as "visitadoras." Pantaleon becomes involved with one of the women, cheating on his wife with her. The woman is later assassinated by angry locals. In response, Pantaleon shows up to her funeral dressed in military attire, confirming to the public what was going on behind the scenes in the army. The resulting complaints ultimately end the "services," and the army sends Pantaleon to a garrison far away. Yet again, a Pantalone reference featuring leadership and conflicting morality.
6. Emperor Wang Mang:
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Again, because of Baizhu’s connection to Pantalone, we need to consult both Russian and Chinese history for analysis. To that end, recall Zhiyi, Pantalone’s cunning subordinate and the antagonist of Yelan’s Story Quest?
小钱币,值一 , or Xiǎo qiánbì, zhí yī, meaning ‘Small Coin, Worth One’ were introduced as the lowest denomination of a new currency system under Emperor Wang Mang’s rule of China. Wang Mang was considered China’s first Socialist. Zhiyi’s name in Yelan’s Story Quest may be a reference to this, a homonym essentially calling him low value – or as Uncle Tian puts it the EN translation, a “pawn.”
\Please note that there are multiple ways this was translated in different historical sources; if you attempt to use basic translating apps to investigate, you’re probably going to get nonsense-sounding results.*
Emperor Wang Mang was a Confucian ascetic who rose to power through his good standing. Wang Mang secured his position as Regent to the Emperor Ping by arranging a marriage between the Emperor and his own daughter. Later, it’s said that Wang Mang’s son conspired with the Emperor’s Uncles to end his regency. They were all put to death on Wang Mang’s orders for the ‘conspiracy.’ Emperor Ping would later die by unknown causes; whether it was natural, or a matter of poisoning is debated by historians. Wang Mang replaced him. He was known for his efforts to reform society through use of forward-thinking foreign policy, the imposition of taxes on slave owners, and currency replacement, though these efforts didn’t go over well. His intentions in all of this are uncertain; was he sincerely trying to help his people, or did he merely see these methods as a means of securing wealth and control? Whether he was ultimately a tyrant or a benevolent ruler is debated depending on the source.
More conflicting intentions and wealth inequality. He's easily likened to the contradictory impressions of Pantalone behaving like Commedia Pantalone (who also leveraged his child to benefit economically/politically) while wearing symbols related to the ‘all-compassionate’ Pantaleimon, like the Heart of Gold motif. That said, Emperor Wang Mang didn’t use currency replacement as a form of intercontinental warfare or defect to other countries, and other nuances to his background directly contradict Pantalone’s, which is why I concluded the Rouran Khaganate to be the other aspect to the monetary warfare/reform inspiration.
7. Commedia Pantalone
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‘Our’ Pantalone and his associates encompass the extravagant and cruel nature depicted in his Commedia role so far. His subordinates are terrified of him, and they tend to operate in very underhanded ways: espionage, sabotage, monopolization of resources, even turning on one another when things get rough to come out on top.
A prime example of the company he keeps? The Rusty Rudder in Fontaine. It’s full of Pantalone’s sketchy associates, including a debt collector who hints at an imminent meeting and forcefully bribes us. You can find a correspondence between criminals in codewords, threatening to make unsuitable business partners wear “cement shoes”; in other words, threatening to tie them up, attach a weight to them, and drown them in the ocean. You can also find a bill referencing the suspicious transaction of 3 mysterious items we accidentally helped Pantalone complete with Landa when we first entered Liyue, as well as an article clipping referencing the fall of the criminal organization “Club Pantaloni di Novela” to the Spina di Rosula, further referencing the tendency of Commedia Pantalone’s plans to fail.
Arlecchino’s voiceline regarding him suggests he’s subtly temperamental; not as controlled as he believes himself to be, which tracks with Commedia Pantalone and Luoxia’s description of Rouran.
Furthermore, he purchased the pelt of an extinct legendary beast to offer as a gift to the Tsaritsa. Yelan stole it and repurposed it as a mantle as payback for Pantalone having stolen one of her Fascinating Bracelets. Both items were ancient (Yelan mentions the technology behind the bracelet is ancient,) but Pantalone seemed to have intimate knowledge to target them as he did, further implying “our” Pantalone possesses “old” knowledge related to Liyue. Traditional theatre instructions of Pantalone, Tartaglia, Dottore, and sometimes Capitano refer to them as “old men.”
8. Pappus:
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The Attelan Farce refers to the Roman improvised masked comedies the Commedia dell’Arte was said to be inspired by. There’s a great deal of emphasis on Pappus’ age in the Attelan stock, with his name being the only one derived from Oscan; an extinct Italian language. (Capitano and Pulcinella are also thought to draw direct inspiration from other Attelan characters, though the details are debated.) Pappus’ foolishness is also emphasized like Commedia Pantalone’s, and real-world Pappus’ contributions to Euclidian Geometry as a skilled mathematician contrast against this starkly.
Genshin Pantalone is Baizhu’s Foil Commedia Pantalone is St. Pantaleimon’s Foil Commedia Pantalone is Commedia Il Dottore’s Comic Foil Attelan Stock Pappus is Commedia Pantalone’s Harbinger Attelan Stock Pappus is Pappus of Alexandria’s Foil
9. Enkanomiya Quests, The Legend of Zelda, Domain Murals, & Pantalone’s Design:
The ascending eyelet pattern on Pantalone’s shirt resembles the same eyelet pattern present in Domain murals, Seals, the Spiral Abyss dooportal, and certain sea entities
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Be warned that by addressing this, I might be spoiling serious plot points.
“The Pale Princess & the 6 Pygmies” The repeating pattern of 6 eyelets made this impossible for me to overlook. Lisa gives us the first volume at the very beginning of the game, and we haven’t seen another since. Why? Because it holds weighty implications about the creation of the world and how the plot will progress. Some believed this story exclusively referenced Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, and I agreed… Until I researched Pantalone, Enkanomiya, and a ton of Greek history. Then I spent a drunken evening saltily pulling it all apart again, with focus on the Night Mother. Why? Snow White, Beauty and the Beast, and Cinderella all took influence from older Greek or Roman mythology. (One example is the story of Chione, or ‘Snow.’ )
An Enkanomiyan Questline titled “Erebos’ Secret” had us endure 3 trials in the corners of Enkanomiya with the help of Eboshi. Finishing this questline dropped major lore. Many assumed ‘Erebos’ & ‘Eboshi’ were references to the assimilation of Enkanomiyans into Narukami culture.
However, the symbol representing the Questline and other World Quests tells a different story, as does the Greek history behind the name Erebos. The symbol just so happens to resemble the brooch Pantalone is wearing, which leads us to:
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The Odal Rune’s inversion suggests he doesn’t possess the “natural” right to rule the world, which is how Phanes, the Demiurge in certain Gnostic beliefs, is regarded. Its positioning could be likened to the positioning of Ganondorf’s fragment of the Triforce, and Ganondorf believes himself to be a rightful King.
Yes, I’m likening Pantalone to the Ganondorf in Twilight Princess, representing the Demiurge. If you’ve never played the Zelda series, it revolves around the power of the Triforce, and the incarnations of Link, Zelda, and Ganondorf fighting the same battles of good and evil in different periods/worlds. Ganondorf is a Sorcerer King born with the innate right to rule the Gerudo. Ganon covets Hyrule Kingdom for the light and peace it holds (very unlike the dry, harsh Gerudo Desert) and attacks Hyrule. He’s caught and imprisoned in the Arbiter’s Grounds, sentenced to be executed by the 6 Sages.
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However, by some “divine prank,” the Sages are unable to execute him. As it turns out, he possesses the Triforce of Power – equated to the power of the Demiurge, as Din’s Power was said to have “shaped” the world from existing elements in Ocarina of Time.
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Sounding anything like Pantaleimon’s execution? The difference is that Ganon is just innately evil; I don’t believe Pantalone is innately evil, otherwise there wouldn’t be repeated hints towards his being in conflict with his emotions.
Moving on, if you research Erebos in the context of Gnosticism (also spelled as Erebus) you’ll learn that he’s a Primordial God of Darkness, often Nyx’s counterpart in Primordial creation. Nyx is a Greek Primordial Goddess born in the darkness. She has many names across different cultures, and is often likened to Gaea.
One of her titles, “Gogyen Sowhuti,” translates to “Grandmother Spider” in Native American cultures; particularly Hopi, Cherokee, and Navajo beliefs. The Grandmother Spider perpetually weaves and destroys the universe as she spins her web. However, Genshin Impact draws primary influence from Gnostic belief systems.
Per Brittanica, “The Orphic Rhapsodies made her the daughter and successor of Phanes, a creator god. Aristotle, in Metaphysics, Book XII, asserted that some “theologians” derive all things from night. This idea fits the theogony of Aristophanes’ Birds. Throughout antiquity Nyx caught the imagination of poets and artists, but she was seldom worshipped.”
In yet more variations, Nyx is actually Phanes wife. Together, they created more primordial entities to found the universe, but Nyx went forgotten. For the “Supernatural” fans inevitably going OH MY GOD right now… Yes, you could liken them to Chuck and Amara. The ending to "Supernatural" was also informed by Greek & Roman mythology, and some Gnostic principles: Fortuna herself grew to believe in Sam and Dean’s self-determined heroism.
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Furthermore, in the Book of Genesis, it’s said that in the beginning of creation, God separated the Darkness from the rest of creation to protect it.
“The Separation of Light from Darkness is, from the perspective of the Genesis chronology, the first of nine central panels that run along the center of Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling and which depict scenes from the Book of Genesis. And God said, "Let there be light," and there was light. God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. God called the light "day," and the darkness he called "night." And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day.”
The cruel ‘Night Mother’ can be framed as Phanes’ counterpart, as some beliefs say Phanes rose from the Abyss. So yes, this lends credence to the theory that Phanes/Celestia aren’t necessarily purely antagonistic in how they handle Abyssal influence.
Erebos is also “Aether’s” father. I’m referring to the Greek Aether. Pantalone in the Commedia dell’Arte is typically the Father of one of the Innamorati. Before you go “but the Travelers aren’t the Innamorati,” hear me out.
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The Innamorati virtually never don masks in the original Commedia dell’Arte, and Genshin Impact went out of its way to make us wear a mask in Mondstadt. This drew players away from the assumption that the Twins represented the Lovers. I felt like it was a misdirection. So I also investigated the Innamorati, and their influence on later storytelling. Many popular stories are thought to have directly spun off of the dynamic between the Lovers.
The key takeaway about the Innamorati's influence ultimately wasn’t that they were literal lovers, but that their pursuit of one another drove the greater plot. A popular example would be Naruto and Sasuke's relationship in Naruto/Shippuden.
The Twins absolutely can be the Innamorati in modern storytelling, which means ‘Pantalone’ has the capacity to act as a ‘Father.’
It’s not a coincidence that the brooch Pantalone is wearing just so happens to feature the same upside-down Odal rune in the same position as the ‘power’ segment of the Triforce when you consider the implications of the Globus Cruciger in godliness and authority to rule, and Genshin’s admission to having taken significant influence from Breath of the Wild. What could this make Pants, given his fixation with the natural rights of humanity? Daddy. The Father. The ‘androgynous’ Phanes – or I should say, a part of Phanes. Which leads us to…

Cosmic Dualism, Baizhu, the Nag Hammadi, Manichaeism, and Phanes

Cosmic dualism relates to Gnostic principles of forces in opposition, similar (but not the same) to concepts like Yin-Yang. Depending on the belief system, it can regard the opposition of the material world and 'evil' God, framed against the immaterial and 'true' God. This is among the reasons why Baizhu is contrasted against Pantalone, and why they both feature black-and-white rhetoric and motifs.
'Cycles' regarding time and history are constants in-game. I suspect Phanes/his Shades ended up subject to Teyvat's ‘cycle.’ I have no idea how/when. So why would I draw this conclusion?
When I was doing my Pantalone/Baizhu analysis, I kept challenging my own take because they share so much in common besides their looks. Baizhu delayed naming Bubu Pharmacy to just start treating patients, and then named Bubu Pharmacy using anti-Gods wordplay. Pantalone complained about naming the Credit Coupons as he hatched the “removing Zhongli’s authority and replacing Mora” plan, and then gave them a similarly symbolic name.
"In Liyue, a form of divination is often used to predict fortune and peril or ask the gods for guidance. The people of Liyue call their particular art Zhanbu. "A name and a message... Then let us send the message that no matter the fortunes of this shop, or the diseases afflicting our patients..." Baizhu picked up the prescription note and faced the rising sun framed through the door. "...Or our fates, we don't need to ask the gods or use divination any longer." In the language of Liyue, "Zhanbu" is divination, but "bu" can also be the word for a refusal or negation. Thus, he chose a name that enshrined his beliefs. The rays of sunlight were shining through the door and the thin paper in his hand, with the words written by his hand clear and confident— Bubu Pharmacy, Baizhu."
So here was my reasoning: -What would you call 2 people who share the same ‘essence’ without being the same person? -What if they share the same soul? That’s a popular concept in many cultures, especially regarding Twins

There are distinct references to this concept in the Nag Hammadi, as well as references from Mani’s belief system.

The Nag Hammadi, an ancient and badly damaged Gnostic text, is full of references to worlds where souls go to be purified. It discusses models and copies of souls being transferred from one “path” to the next. (These obscure passages may also relate to Visions, but that part’s just supposition.)
-“[Souls] are located according to the power they have in themselves, [...] lower are produced by the copies. Those who receive a model of their souls are still in the world. They came into being after the departure of the aeons, one by one, and they are removed one by one from the copy of Exile to the Exile that really exists, from the copy of Repentance to the Repentance that really exists, [and from the] copy of Autogenes to [the Autogenes] that really exists. The remainder [...] the souls [...] exist in a [...] all [...] of aeons [...]
-( …) “He said, "[Zost]rianos, listen about these [...] for the first [...] origins are three because they have appeared in a single origin [of] the Barbelo aeon, not like some origins and powers, nor like (one) from an origin and power. It is to every origin that they have appeared; they have strengthened every power; and they appeared from that which is far better than themselves. These (three) are Existence, Blessedness and Life.”
Meanwhile, Mani taught how the soul of a righteous individual returns to Paradise upon dying, but "the soul of the person who persisted in things of the flesh – fornication, procreation, possessions, cultivation, harvesting, eating of meat, drinking of wine – is condemned to rebirth in a succession of bodies."
“According to biographies preserved by ibn al-Nadim and the Persian polymath al-Biruni, Mani received a revelation as a youth from a spirit, whom he would later call his "Twin" (Imperial Aramaic: תאומא tɑʔwmɑ, from which is also derived the Greek name of Thomas the Apostle, Didymus; the "twin"), Syzygos (Koinē Greek: σύζυγος "spouse, partner", in the Cologne Mani-Codex), "Double," "Protective Angel," or "Divine Self." This spirit taught him wisdom that he then developed into a religion. It was his "Twin" who brought Mani to self-realization. Mani claimed to be the Paraclete of the Truth promised by Jesus in the New Testament."
Paraclete is a Christian biblical term occurring five times in the Johannine texts of the New Testament. In Christian works, the word typically refers to the Holy Spirit, translated as 'advocate', 'counsellor' or 'helper'.”
The ‘Old men’ from the commedia are usually Pantalone, Dottore, and Tartaglia – all of whom have at least 1 additional ‘version’ of themselves canonically confirmed in Genshin Impact. Dottore is almost obsessive about preserving ‘perspectives.’
We find notes on a play “Ajax” was part of as the 2nd strongest member of his alliance from hundreds of years ago, while “our” Ajax exists presently. Dottore has his whole obsession with preserving “perspectives” while taking offense to being called “young.” Baizhu therefor fits as Pantalone’s 'other self,' explaining the implied age gap; Pantalone lived into another cycle while his ‘model’ was incarnated yet again.
In other words, Baizhu isn't Pantalone in disguise: they have unique life experiences and conflicting perspectives while sharing base likenesses because they’re the same ‘essence’ on divergent paths, not unlike the Travelers. Whether or not they’ve met and influenced one another has yet to be seen.

All Roads Lead to Phanes, proposed to be the Primordial One

Here's where it becomes crack-theory territory. Please be kind in your response to these suppositions, because I spent weeks researching academic sources from JSTOR, and my fingers hurt.
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I’m not claiming any of this is a guarantee of how Hoyo will treat this dynamic, but I’m struggling to form other conclusions:
Pantalone’s represented by the Globus Cruciger, a Christian symbol representing God’s dominion over the world. There's a ton of symbolism in the stories inspiring Baizhu and Pantalone’s rhetoric regarding religion, martyrdom, healing, economics, and inequality, suggesting they’re connected by far more than their designs. Baizhu and Pantalone’s rhetoric regard humanity’s plights.
...But Pantalone has an inhuman appearance; pointed ears somewhat similar to Neuvillette’s, and eyes hidden, presumably because they reveal something very distinct about him.
I’ve double-checked Baizhu’s model, and his right ear appears normal; the left is concealed by his hair. As for his eyes, we’ve repeatedly confirmed they were altered as a consequence of his contract with Changsheng; both the shape of his pupils and the color of the iris were swapped with Changsheng. So Baizhu’s natural eyes were violet-red and human; Pantalone’s may also be red, but inhuman
-The simplest explanation is that Phanes was said to be beautiful and inhuman. But given they hid Pantalone's eyes...
-If I stretch, perhaps Vishap-people were a thing during the Roman-inspired empires, they eventually grew to identify with humanity, and our Pantalone may have been reborn as the human-vishap blend Enjou discussed with us in Enkanomiya to repent for what Phanes did to the Sovereigns. Vishap-people are said to be mostly indistinguishable from humans, but with altered pupils. Enjou wasn’t the most reliable narrator, but this Version mentioned the "Traitorous Dragonheirs” in Remuria’s history, Petrichor is based on Italy (and may also reference the Greek village of Pantaleimonas,) Pappus’ name in the Atellan stock implies he’s ancient Italian, Pantalone's early background closely fits St. Pantaleimon Sudzhaksky's, and Repentance is mentioned repeatedly in the Nag Hammadi.
-The alternate STRETCH is that we shouldn’t interpret the “Christian" reference literally in Pantalone's case, and he’s following the path Enjou implied by joining the Harbingers. Enjou suggested Vishaps evolved in Enkanomiya to infiltrate/sabotage human ranks. He could be Nibelung, King of Dragons himself - or someone who believes in Nibelung’s authority as the King (Pulcinella allegedly has lore-based connections to Nibelung, and he and Pantalone are cooperating on Project Stuzha.) Collection of the Gnoses would reveal the ‘true’ God, and the Sovereigns power was stolen by the Primordial One.
So, would their unity reveal Nibelung or Phanes? It’s unclear how that sentiment’s going to be defined in Genshin Impact. One possibility is that Pantalone is Nibelung’s equivalent, and Baizhu is Phanes’ equivalent.
But it gets more tedious when you read Vera’s Melancholy, which implies eyeball-eating-aliens-writing-stories-for-interdimensional-worlds vibes. One of the main characters was Ike, a black-haired boy with glasses + tendency to monologue, and they were from ‘Delphi,’ a real place in Greece. Another character in the story claimed to have "fused" with a dragon.
Teyvat's natural order is draconic. Ouroboros is a persistent theme in-game. It informs Beidou’s design/lore, and it’s also described as a natural ‘phenomenon’ discovered by Enkanomiyans, used to create the Serpent’s Heart. Ouroboros can be depicted as a snake or dragon consuming itself: as a representation of eternal creation and destruction.
You could argue Nibelung, the King of Dragons, would be the “true” God per the Orphic Gnostic belief systems. Ophites (a derogatory term from the Greek Ophis, ‘serpent,' coined by Hippolytus) venerated the Serpent in the Bible because it was seen to have enlightened humanity.
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Regardless of how the details are panned out, they are most likely God/Shades in some respect, and they’ve been subjected to the cyclical-incarnational nature of Teyvat. So now for residual thoughts:
On the Baizhu/Pantalone end, there’s potential foreshadowing in Baizhu’s Story Details. Genshin explains that he's in conflict with Hu Tao, but that they and Zhongli all play a part in life and death, as it’s where their empathy/concerns overlap completely.
Zhongli is popularly proposed as one of the Shades. I might agree now. If we contemplate the “Pantalone founded the Wangshang Funeral Parlor” theory I've seen floating around, he’d be double-foiled against Baizhu with Hu Tao as an allegory, and again connected to Zhongli.
I haven’t researched Capitano in depth yet, but some players allege he may have played more than one role in Genshin’s history, too. Similarly, there are some narrative consistencies to suggest that Dottore is connected to Shiruyeh, the Lord of Pestilence; if this pattern is accurate, then Shiruyeh could be a wronged past “self” of Dottore’s. Dottore seems more than intelligent enough to have noticed these patterns himself, given all of “Zandik’s” research across Sumeru. Accordingly, he may be creating segments as a way to ensure he never forgets the truth while he resists the cycle.
Ei & the Raiden Shogun may foreshadow what the Sustainer of Heavenly Principles is: a puppet acting on orders independent of its leader, because its leadeShades have been absent and/or ignorant to their own identities. This may be why Celestia is decaying, and why Baizhu/Pantalone would be related while suffering the very consequences of the cycle of incarnation.

The Takeaway?

Pantalone and Baizhu are a HUGE DEAL in Genshin Impact’s greater plot, the Foil theory is absolutely spot-on, and some popular theories as to Pantalone’s identity are probably simultaneously true for one reason or another. We can’t rule out many theories from this info, as some of it is conflicting. That’s why I came to the conclusion that they were inspired by numerous historical figures, with 'Godliness' being the main consistency.
As before, thanks for reading, share your thoughts, and have a day!
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2024.05.04 15:59 ThrowRA462qw My (F32) boyfriend (M27) shared a kink/fantasy. I’m not sure I can move past it?

Some context. I’ve been dating my boyfriend for nearly 9 months. It’s been quite a slow burn in every way - for example we only started being intimate about 4 months in. Despite my age this is actually my first real relationship.
The last time I saw my boyfriend he shared something he’s into for the first time which surprised me a lot, since up until now I believed he was pretty vanilla.
I asked him his thoughts about threesomes since I had an inkling he might have an interest in it. He said he’s not interested in a dynamic where he would be with someone else however he admitted that in a relationship he had a few years ago he said his ex could sleep with another guy (with him there, but without him being involved).
I questioned him about this to try and understand and he said he likes the idea of seeing his partner being turned on by another guy. I didn’t really understand it as he said it’s not a humiliation thing and not a BDSM thing, making me believe it’s not a cuckold thing. He also wouldn’t want his partner to be with someone else and then tell him about it, and basically said anything that wouldn’t involve him would feel like cheating, so I didn’t think it was a ‘hot wife’ thing, though people online are telling me it is?
He wasn’t necessarily suggesting we do it (and I know he thinks it’s weird to do something like that early on) but he kept abstractly saying that threesomes are quite a common thing couples do a few years into a relationship, which makes me think it’s a hope he has for a future. And he did later ask if it’s something I’m interested in and I stupidly said maybe, but I was kind of caught up in the moment and needed time to process and understand what he was saying.
Anyway it’s been a few days since this admission and it’s been affecting me really badly. I don’t mind if he has this fantasy but the fact he would take steps to make this happen makes it feel more seedy to me and makes me see him very differently (even though I know I shouldn’t kink shame and I wouldn’t not want to make him feel bad about this). And the fact that he’d be happy for me to have sex with some random guy off the street essentially is really upsetting and hurtful to me. I 100% am not interested in someone else being involved in my relationship (I wasn’t able to express this to him at the time as I needed time to process it). I just want to be with him and I want him to want the same. So if it’s something he definitely wants to happen then it would have to be over.
Due to his personality I believe it's pretty likely he’ll say he doesn’t mind if we don’t do it. He’s extremely easygoing and considerate to a fault, to the point where I know he’d let me get away with things he didn’t like just so he wouldn’t lose me. But even if he doesn't need to do it I still don’t know if I can get past this for the reasons I’ve said above. I believe him to be really sweet, respectful, considerate and a good person, not to mention essentially being my dream guy and someone who I thought could be my person. We’ve talked about marriage. And when I think of all that I think I would be crazy to let him go just because of a kink. But then when my mind goes back to thinking about the kink I feel completely sick and think I can’t get over it. It also makes me wonder what else he hasn’t shared yet. And I know if I show to him I have such an issue with it and we do get past it he probably won’t share anything else with me moving forward.
It’s also important to add that I believe one of the main reasons this bothers me so much is that, when I was 18, I was in what I believe to be in somewhat of an abusive dynamic with someone a bit older who was very into BDSM and kinks. This person would pressure me a lot to be involved in his interests. This included him very often attempting to pressure me into taking part in a FFM threesome or entering into a three-way relationship. So it kind of feels like a nightmare for me to end up with someone who is interested in a scenario that would involve someone else. I’m trying to tell myself that someone who is caring and considerate towards me having this kink is not the same as someone who was a bad person who didn’t respect me and was always pressuring me to have a threesome. But I don’t know.
How should I approach this? Any insight/advice welcome
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2024.05.04 12:47 ozmani09 My husband may be addicted to porn. Need advice.

Yesterday I came across an open tab on his phone with something questionable. I don't mind the fact that he does watch porn, but the category he was watching is something rang alarm bells. I asked her about it today, and he said he only watched it out of curiosity. I asked if he watched other weird categories and he started to act weird. I did remind him that I would never judge him and I'm here to support him. he confessed to watching a lot of things I never thought he would. He watches pissing,swinging,female cuckold etc To preface, I did go on a work trip. We did sext and I thought everything was fine. Didn't think he would resort to that much porn while I was gone. he claimed to watch porn like it was a tv show. I'll be honest, the week before I left to go on the work trip, I was already really busy and tired. My workload increased and my sex drive did take a dive. I am ashamed to admit that I neglected my husband's needs, so he most likely resorted to porn. I never really had a porn addiction before, but I have told people before to just simply cut it out of their lives. You really don't know how hard something is until you or someone close to you experiences it. Even after I came back from the trip, one of the first things we did was have sex. Yet, he still continued to watch porn. I'm at a loss here. I don't know what to do. I don't want this to put a strain on our relationship in the future. A good thing is that he admitted that he might have an addiction, so there's that. Any advice would be appreciated.
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