The Witch of hopelessness

"In this world,hope is such a fragile thing Wouldn't it be better if we just become hopeless ?The risk of pain is lesser after all. That's why I exist,the witch who feeds on hope"

[bernkastel11]

You guys can call me Bern

Age: 18+

Fandoms: RoR, TWST, Shadows House,Dinoverse etc....

Pronouns: She/Her

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My works:

𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒄𝒂𝒓𝒍𝒆𝒕𝒕 𝑷𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒄𝒆𝒔𝒔

𝑫𝒊𝒏𝒐𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒔𝒆 𝑨𝑼

𝑯𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝑰𝒔 𝑨 𝑹𝒆𝒂𝒍𝒊𝒕𝒚 𝑺𝒉𝒐𝒘

𝑷𝑴𝑴𝑴 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑻𝒘𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒆𝒅 𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒔𝒕𝒖𝒇𝒇

𝐀𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐫. 𝐑𝐚𝐛𝐛𝐢𝐭

𝐒𝐡𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐰𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬

𝐑𝐞𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐝 𝐄𝐦𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬

𝐍𝐞𝐫𝐨 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞

[frontmansdefender]

RIP to the legend

[silvermoon424]

This goose fucking rocks and had a crazy life!

I really just have to summarize Thomas's entire life:

He was in a committed relationship with a male swan named Henry for 18-24 years before a female swan named Henrietta showed up and mated with Henry.

Thomas was initially jealous of the pair and attacked them, breaking 2 of the 5 eggs Henrietta had laid. However, once the remaining eggs hatched, Thomas warmed up to them and helped raise them.

Henry couldn't fly because of an injured wing, so Thomas taught the cygnets how to fly.

When they needed to reduce the goose population in the pond where Thomas and the swans lived, they dyed Thomas's feathers red so he wouldn't be separated from Henry.

Henry, Henrietta, and Thomas remained in their happy throuple for years and raised 68 cygnets before Henry died in 2009. After Henry's death, Henrietta found another swan and flew away, leaving Thomas alone.

Thomas finally met and mated with a female goose in 2011 and had his own babies. However, another goose named George stole them and raised them himself.

As Thomas grew elderly and blind, he was relocated to a wildlife center where he raised orphaned cygnets.

His caretaker at the center described him as "pretty high maintenance."

Thomas died in 2018 at the age of around 40. He had a funeral that included a small coffin and a procession that was led by a bagpiper. He was buried under the stone where Henry was buried, the two finally reunited in death.

Before and after his death, Thomas has been celebrated as an icon of the LGBTQ+ community for obvious reasons.

[yours-harriet]

݁ ˖Ი𐑼⋆ what a better way to start posting again, than to give you guys a new guinevere piece⠀.ᐟ

this one i am unbelievably proud of, i hope the show's production is going well overall because i can't wait to see what's in store for our girlypop over here ❤︎

[moringmark]

[animentality]

[dogpuppy]

[animentality]

[peg-the-empire]

i love making friends in fandom, i love playing with our toys together, i love coming up with increasingly niche aus, i love lifting strangers up, i love motivating people to create, i love watching someone get excited over an idea and immediately running with it, i love yelling in tags together, i love seeing someone gain confidence in their writing/art because people were kind to them <33

[wowwforever]

if you told vin diesel fast and the furious you were gay he'd be like "Some people like driving stick…some people like driving automatic…what matters is you cross the finish line.." and then he'd rev up a dodge challenger and drive through a building and kill 16 people

[boogerwookiesugarcookie]

he literally did in the fourth one when he's asked if he likes cars more than women

[explorerrowan]

If you asked if he was cool with trans people, he'd probably say "sometimes, aftermarket parts are the only way to get the vehicle you really want. Everyone should have the right to hot rod."

[orcboxer]

[expressions-of-nature]

by Anita Austvika

[ragathasbuttoneye]

I hate that people use 'media literacy' to go against any criticism of the media that they like.

You do understand that having media literacy requires you to be critical of the media you consume, right?

If you just use the fact that it made you feel good and you "liked it" as an argument, then I think your take on people who criticize your faves being "media illiterate" might be the opposite.

[meltedbluecaterpillar]

Hi! Nice to meet you

Ohh I have a request after seeing this spectacular story

Like it's so in-character for Vil, as far as a Yandere characterization of him goes, to be fair, he holds lots of powers as a celebrity surprisingly and in real life, there are cases where such powers are heavily abused, I can totally imagine Vil using his influence to ruin someone's reputation as he sees fit

Now about this request, I'm sure this is just my idea based on someone's request and you can just not accept this if you think that since it's not from the original requester and just an outsider idea based on their idea, my idea might conflict with theirs and they might not like it to have their story idea being written upon by someone else not requested by them personally, which is totally understandable, that aside, now to my idea of a continuation to this story

TW: Suicide hinted (didn't actually happened), pretty dark stuff ig?

I have this idea of continuing the story after Yan Vil basically ruining your reputation and sorta your life too, he thinks you would fall back into his arms and let him kiss you, comforting you because now only he is willing to see past your "faults" that were lies he crafted, unbeknownst to him, you can already tell this smear is definitely his scheme and you wanted to give back a blow just as terrible, but you don't exactly have the same powers as he does, you're no celebrity, so how? Easy, you just don't give Vil what he wants

So Vil, who was waiting for the moment you came back crawling to him to beg him to fix your life again, that scripted moment in his head, it just never came at all, worst yet, you just vanished, completely no contact, hell not even Neige who felt guilty believing those rumors and felt pressured to break up with you can't contact you when he wanted to at least apologize for it, not nearly wanting to get back with you

Now Vil is the one who suffers even when his life is just as glamorous and sparkly as the usual, on the surface that is, Vil came up with all the worst possibilities, what if this smear campaign ruined your heart and mind and you, god forbid, gave up on life (wouldn't be the first time someone does that when their name is tarnished) or what if a serial killer targeted you cuz someone hated by the world won't be missed at all? Is he gonna wait until all he got was your corpse on a table? Be it suicide or a murder? Be it a completely fine body or one so mutilated only DNA proves that's your body?

So Vil just uses all the connections he got to find you cuz now he's pretty damn scared the worst might happen to you and if it means overturning the entire world, he'll do it

What about you? Oh you're fine, you just decided to take a job at a remote island where even the internet is rare in places there, you'll stay for one year with the job and honestly many aren't into the celebrities on the mainland here, you have a comfortable stay there and was thinking of renewing your contract next year even, such a place is the perfect refuge for when all those bedazzles and all those cutthroat showbiz can't come onto there and make a huge mess for you, you can just enjoy your peaceful quiet life

I just like the result of Vil being a homewrecker is that it didn't go how he wants, now chaos reigned in his head and wherever the hell he is because his Darling just basically gone somewhere and he's scared he might just lost her for real this time while Reader is just chilling at a beach somewhere he's guaranteed to not be able to find that easy cuz the place is not that known at all

I just wanted to torture Vil a little cuz I'm evil and petty like that, so I want Reader to be petty and maybe a little vindictive cuz Vil did such a horrible thing to her

Hello Bernka- IS THIS AN UMINEKO REFERENCE? THE WITCH OF MIRACLES WHO HAS LIVED FOR 1,000 YEARS!! REJOICE!!

Just kidding. But I will still place Her Excellency here on this post. I must confess dear Bern... You did... Sorta write the request yourself here haha!~! I am happy you enjoyed my little yap. Actually… It had slipped my mind for a while.

I don’t have many openings to write for Vil. Mmm~ How I yearn for abuse from the beautiful!!~!! I noticed I have people in my life who enjoy MC getting a good ending which makes me open my eyes a little.

When I write most of my yandere content I like it to be sour. Like eating hard candy while it’s still smooth and suddenly cutting the flesh of your tongue. The sweetness turns to iron and salt. So when people start with the hurt and pain and turn it into something as charming as this I feel amazed.

Ah but… Tormenting our poor MC isn’t always right of me. She should go into witness protection and change her name. Living near the beach in a little cozy house. Living in a small town with good foot traffic and enjoying her life. The world of celebrities has no hands here and she has no social media or any desire to check and see what’s happening with the top faces of the world.

I know Vil would be clawing at curtains and tweaking daily wondering where the hell you went. People don’t vanish. But they can camouflage themselves. And some people do a pretty good job. Even if I technically didn’t take on your request; I do like what you’ve written. Very much so.

Not every MC deserves a dark ending. It can be nice to have something lighter after getting over the hypothetical horrors.

This would be a dramatic ass multi part series… Don’t look at me though it would take my ass forever to make a storyline like this. It would be fun though…

[atamascolily]

I originally thought this scene might be "Sayaka is having a meltdown and attacks the original Homura on the grounds that she's responsible for everything". She's not wrong, but in this particular case, I think she may also blame Homura for things that are not directly her fault for once (i.e, problems caused by the other Homura). However, it looks like she's on the bridge (out of town?), which is most likely not the same scene in which the hand clasp takes place.

But even if this scene isn't where that happens, something like it must happen at some point, because there is a hand clasp. And it sure looks like they're in the alleyway from the equivalent scene in Rebellion, or something very much like it, which would be fitting for a role reversal, with Sayaka demanding the truth from Homura this time.

Presumably Homura gets through to Sayaka that a) Sayaka is correct that there's a problem, b) it's not Homura's fault this time, and c) agrees to show her what's up, and that's how they end up in the Law of Cycles library. Alternately, it's Sayaka who has the power to access it, and Homura is along for the ride. Either way, they team up, at least temporarily.

Which way does the elevator go? Up towards heaven or down into the depths of the earth? My guess is the former, but TBD.

Here, Sayaka learns that witches are real, etc, etc. But the whole thing appears to be a set-up: the new girls have manipulated Sayaka and Homura into opening the way inside, allowing them to follow. Why this is necessary, I'm not sure, but I'm sure the movie will explain it to us if it's relevant.

Look what the cat dragged in.

Kyubey is the last person in the world who should be here, especially if he has any kind of access to curses. Remember what he said back in Rebellion. "If we can observe it, we can control it." I don't know if that's relevant here, but it sure doesn't look good.

It's not clear whether Kyubey has anything to offer the new girls, or if this alliance is more of "the enemy of my enemy is my friend, fuck the original Homura, witches forever" kind of deal. But we already know that whatever they're planning is going to succeed and the library broken/transformed and Walpurgisnacht released.

But don't worry, Kyouko is here to save her girlfriend!

I actually don't think KyoSaya fans have much to worry about in the grand scheme of things - although they start the movie estranged, Kyouko will ultimately realize that her new pals are up to no good, and rush back to Sayaka's side. Hopefully, she's not too late! But the concept movie also shows her facing off against the inner tube monsters, so I suspect she and the green girl will be squaring off as part of the final battle.

It's probably hubris to say "it's all coming together" but at the very least, a plausible outline is starting to take shape.

[pitviperofdoom]

I try not to fall into the "I never liked their work anyway" ditch when an artist/creator reveals themself to be a terrible person

BUT

a feeling I do have and will stand by is "While I enjoyed their work overall I did have some gripes that I overlooked out of affection and whimsy, but now that my loyalty is gone and my affection tainted there is nothing holding me back from enumerating my many grievances, to which the revelations of the creator's shittiness may or may not provide a new and infuriating context."

[atamascolily]

On "magical girls I don't know"

I've been thinking a lot about this phrase now that it's become clear that it's an important plot point/theme in Walpurgis no Kaiten with three new characters turning up (other Homura, green girl, orange girl), and I keep circling back to "where do they come from?" because neither the characters nor the audience knows at this point.

Here's what I do know: the names of the two new girls, and how they appear to come seemingly out of nowhere, strongly imply that they are "outsiders" in the sense of being foreign to Japan as well as the narrative. Theoretically, this should be impossible, because we saw Homura's labyrinth cover the entire galaxy in Rebellion [and as far as the story is concerned, anything outside Mitakihara effectively doesn't exist] - there's no "outside" to come from! However, since they're here, they must have gotten here somehow, which implies that at least one of our starting assumptions is wrong.

In Rebellion, Madoka (the human part of the Law of Cycles) and her "secretaries" Sayaka and Nagisa, enter Homura's labyrinth from the outside world, even though it initially seems like such a thing would be impossible at the beginning of the movie. Given the obvious parallels, this implies that the alt-Homura (as the anti-Law of Cycles) also came from "outside", with the other two standing in as alt-Sayaka and alt-Nagisa respectively. The difference is that Madoka forgot her memories, even when Sayaka and Nagisa didn't, and I'm pretty sure that alt-Homura remembers everything. So perhaps this new version of Homura's world is also an illusion, and there's a larger world beyond that - we'll call this the External World or the Nested Worlds theory, because there's no reason to think it would ever stop there.

However, given all the mirror imagery, it's also pretty obvious that alt-Homura is supposed to be read as the original Homura's reflection. In that case, it's possible that they came from some kind of "Mirror Universe" a la Star Trek where everything is backwards/reversed because it is the opposite/inverse of the universe we know. This naturally invites questions about how this alternate universe came about and its relationship to the original (did it always exist or is the result of a split timeline because of Homura's actions, etc), and why and how these particular characters "crossed" over, but nothing that couldn't be explained with a little technobabble and handwaving. We'll call this the Mirrorverse theory.

A third option is that Homura's subconscious created a mirror version of herself in an attempt to reconcile Homura's contradictory desires and feelings. We'll call this the Psychological Theory. Because this series tends to make its metaphors literal, this is the one that I end up leaning towards, as it neatly sidesteps the "outside" question and instead mirrors Homura internally, rather than externally, as her psychological issues manifest physically. It's possible that the original Homura also created the other girls too, though they might also be allies or agents that the alt-Homura has made or acquired in her efforts to build a "parallel system" to the original's in preparation for taking it over completely.

On one level, I don't think it matters how they got here in terms of impacting the plot - what matters is that they're here, and how they're messing with Homura's static world simply by existing, let alone actively upending it. On the other hand, I'm really curious how Urobuchi will end up explaining their presence, even though I suspect he's going to handwave a lot of stuff because worldbuilding is not his strong suit and he doesn't care that much about the details.

But no matter what he does, it will push the boundaries of what we think is possible and overturn everything we thought we knew about the universe.... and it will almost certainly be the result of Homura's actions, conscious or not.

[apathetic-revenant]

“oh no, my audience has begun to guess the big twists of my story and are accurately predicting what will happen!”

incorrect response: write the rest of the story to be as twisty, shocking and counter to expectations as possible, regardless of whether this is a logical or satisfying way for the plot to go

correct response:

[thebourneultimatum]

can someone elaborate on the “make hoax” and “post angry tweet about “leak”“ part. i’m stupid and don’t understand things

[apathetic-revenant]

sure!

(you’re not stupid. I posted this thinking it would amuse a handful of mutuals who all knew the context and that would be about it, so I didn’t think about providing any other explanation. I had no idea it would spread this far.)

I’ll start from the very beginning just to be thorough. so this is Alex Hirsch, creator and head writer of Gravity Falls, a show which had a big focus on mystery, conspiracies, codes and ciphers, etc. the whole plot is kicked off by one of the main characters finding a mysterious old journal in the woods, which detailed all kinds of weird and supernatural things, but then ended abruptly with the author saying they had to hide the journal because they were being watched. the central driving mystery of the show, therefore, was the question of who wrote the journal and what happened to them.

now, the thing about Gravity Falls is that, while it must be said that the writers weren’t always quite as sure of their plans as we tend to like to think they are, it is very much a fair play mystery, with legitimate clues to what was going on. but the writers were caught off guard by how quickly the show attracted a dedicated audience, including a lot of people outside the primary presumed demographic, who started solving the clues faster than expected. so some of the fans were able to correctly guess who the author was before it was revealed in the show, and the theory started spreading. this put the writers in something of a panic, because this was THE mystery that the whole story revolved around, with ¾ of the show building up to the dramatic reveal in the middle of season 2. they wanted it to be a mystery that could be figured out, sure, but they weren’t prepared for people to solve it so far in advance of when it was planned to be revealed, which would have really taken away from the big moment. they weren’t going to change the main story itself, but having been caught unaware by how much attention the fans were paying, they wanted to up the ante and make the mystery more complex to solve going forward–but first they needed to buy some time and throw the fandom off the scent for a little longer.

hence, Alex’s plan as described above. they whipped up a fake shot that appears to give away the identity of the author as being another character in the show, put it on a screen in the studio as if it was a real animation frame, took a picture of it, and ‘leaked’ it online. it was initially decided to be a hoax (albeit, I think, presumed to be a hoax originating from outside the production team), until Alex posted this tweet:

…before quickly deleting it (though not so quickly that it didn’t get seen, of course).

it worked well enough to distract most people for a while, and wasn’t revealed as a hoax until a year later, when an episode aired that definitively proved that the supposed screenshot could never have happened, at which point Alex owned up to the whole thing as seen in the tweet above. by then the episode with the real reveal wasn’t far off, and while people did still work it out ahead of time, it was more of an “OH MY GOD I KNEW IT!” moment than a “booooooring, we’ve known that for ages” moment, which of course was what the writers wanted all along.

personally I find this a fascinating approach to dealing with the problem of spoilers, because it doesn’t affect the story itself at all; if you watch Gravity Falls today–or if you were watching it when it aired without any significant contact with the fandom–you’d never know about it. ultimately, the problem the writers were facing wasn’t that some people might guess the answer to the mystery–they never wanted to make it completely impossible to predict–so much as it was that they hadn’t designed the story to stand up to so many people working on the puzzle together, which resulted in a sort of total output of puzzle-solving ability that far outstripped the capability of any one solo human being. so their solution is something that’s very much targeted toward delaying that group problem-solving, without actually affecting the experience of any individual person watching the show.

plus, it’s very in keeping with the overall tone of the show.

and now you know!

[notaplaceofhonour]

if your audience guesses the ending of your story

don’t:

change the ending

do:

gaslight them

[lottiescutecult]

Silver!!