The cat... talks... mayhaps?

I make aus i guess PFP by @norikoogurafan!

[bluethetalkingcattimes2]

Blue makes an actual intro post (not clickbait)

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#blue talks - put-together analysis, theories, etc as well as updates

#blue talks (derogatory) - all the silly incoherent posts

#DR anachronism - my fangan, originally a tetro fic living under the #histories rewritten AU tag.

#non canon anachronism stuff - all non-canon anachronism art and writing, such as birthday art and MH:IR

#vanishing 16 AU - Tetro ghost AU

#murderers' row AU - Hama-centric time loop AU (I love him you guys)

#blue's tetro AUs - assorted AUs without a title. Current population: 3 (Watari Tamba Tsuno Hayashi magical girl AU ft. Penguin Yanagi and supervillain Hasegawa and Okazaki, tetrojackets AU, warrior cats AU)

#blue's wips - original fiction!

#blue's ___________ reblogs - the fandom reblogs

#blue answers asks - in which I answer your much wanted questions!

#blue asks a question - polls

#mh international reach - au of an au made with oomfie, included under #non canon anachronism stuff

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#there is joy and whimsy about - joy and whimsy!

Yes, despite the current situations, the Tetro aus AND PJ:EG analysis/theory posts will remain up. They were things I liked at the time, but don't expect them to continue on in the state they were in at the time.

The Anachronism Masterpost is located here!

[fricktic]

made some versions of the agony grip for my friends for when the whole gang gets it . including different levels depending on the anguish

and a joyous one for when there is love abound

[sillayangel]

can i make a contribution?

for when the whole gang is being real autistic about something

[sunshinecassette]

For when you say something absolutely horrid in the group chat

[bluethetalkingcattimes2]

Danganronpa: Anachronism - Day 28

[3 Days until [Lilac]]

--

- [Perfect] -

- [KENNY’s room, 6:15] -

--

[...]

[KENNY]: … We’re leaving. 

[JAIME]: Hm?

[KENNY]: We’re going to get out of here. We’re getting out of here!

[For the first time, KENNY laughs with genuine happiness.]

[KENNY]: Oh my god. I literally can’t believe it. 

[JAIME wants to tell him not to get overexcited, but in truth, he’s overexcited himself.]

[JAIME]: … We are. 

[...]

[His eyes soften.]

[JAIME]: Do you know yet? 

[KENNY]: … What?

[JAIME]: … 

[...]

[JAIME]: … That I’m in love with you? 

[...]

[KENNY]: … Jaime. 

[JAIME]: I--I know you don’t like me back. Fuck, you probably hate me now. But, I mean, since we’re leaving and we’ll probably never see each other again… I guess there’s no point not telling you.

[...]

[KENNY’s face falls.]

[JAIME]: Sorry. I know you’re pissed. 

[KENNY]: I’m not. 

[JAIME]: What? 

[KENNY]: Jaime, I…

[KENNY’s voice breaks. He pulls JAIME into his arms.]

[KENNY]: I love you. I’m sorry. 

--

- [Morning Motives] -

- [Auditorium, 7:00] -

--

[The alarm rings out again. One final time, the students drag themselves down to the auditorium.]

[JAIME]: Here we go. 

[XAVIER]: Man, I always forget how bad these get. 

[KENNY]: That makes one of us. 

[...]

[KENNY]: I think I’ll always remember these. 

[MAIA]: Me, too. 

[...]

[FOX]: I just wanna say I’m sorry. For everything. For screwing you all over. 

[ELLIE]: It’s not your fault, Fox. It really isn’t. 

[...]

[FOX]: But it is. I was the one who brought your files in. I could’ve saved you. 

[ELLIE]: Well… I think Nadia would call that something like… acting under duress, y’know? You didn’t wanna do it, but they made you.

[FOX]: I mean, it’s not like I didn’t know what I was doing. And it’s not like I really hated it. I guess… in a lot of ways, some sick parts of me like that you’re miserable right now. And that makes me a bad person. 

[...]

[XAVIER]: Kind of. 

[DAISY]: You’re one to talk.

[XAVIER]: None of us are. You’re a thief and a drug addict. Maia lied in a criminal trial. Kenny hates us. 

[KENNY]: I don’t--[sighs]

[XAVIER]: Jaime’s obsessed and losing his marbles. Ellie… is fine, actually. 

[ELLIE]: Aw, thanks! 

[XAVIER]: … And I’m me. We all suck. 

[MAIA]: You’re not… 

[XAVIER]: My point is, it doesn’t matter if we’re good or bad anymore. What matters is that we’re making it. Somehow. 

[...]

[KENNY]: I’m not used to you being nice. This is weird. 

[DAISY]: And where’s the dog? 

[As if on cue, MONODOODLE takes her place at the microphone.]

[MONODOODLE]: Hell-lo, students! 

[DAISY]: Oh, mother fucker.

[MONODOODLE]: So. Motive time already again, huh? Oh, how the time flies! 

[MONODOODLE pries a timepiece off her shoulder with her mouth and tosses it into the air. She gives a robotic laugh. The students flinch away. None laugh.]

[MONODOODLE]: … Seriously? No points for effort?

[DAISY]: Get to the point. 

[MONODOODLE]: You’re not even laughing right now? Daisy, I thought you liked me.

[DAISY]: Well, I don’t. 

[MONODOODLE]: … what? 

[...]

[MONODOODLE]: U--um… anyway! You guys remember the morning games?

[...]

[DAISY]: No. N--no… you can’t… [She laughs.]

[...]

[MONODOODLE]: Well… they were--

[DAISY]: I know what they are! You can’t bring them back!

[MONODOODLE]: Wh…?

[DAISY]: You can’t keep hurting us like this, god dammit! I hate you!

[DAISY starts crying.]

[...]

[XAVIER]: … Daise, maybe you should go lie down for a second. 

[DAISY]: Mmmm…. I’m fine. I’m totally fine. 

[KENNY]: You’re not fine. Go lie down. 

[MAIA]: C’mon. I’ll take you back. 

[DAISY]: I--I--[Sniffle]

[MAIA puts her arm around DAISY and leads her away.]

[MAIA]: C’mon. We can do it. 

--

- [Freeze Out] -

- [Kitchen, 7:35] -

--

[XAVIER opens the freezer door. He’s not especially hungry, but DAISY needs to get something, doesn’t she?]

[...]

[He steps further in. The door shuts behind him. Christ, this freezer is creepy. It’s way too big for the remaining seven people. And it’s cold. He wraps his arms around himself, goosebumps bristling against his skin. Maybe he can find some fruit in here or something. He can’t cook, but he can cut fruit.]

[XAVIER]: ‘Yello? Anyone in here? 

[...]

[XAVIER]: Of course there’s not. What the fuck? Am I crazy?

[...]

[Footsteps. XAVIER freezes.]

[...]

[Click]

[XAVIER]: The fuck was that? 

[XAVIER tries to open the door. It doesn’t move.]

[XAVIER]: Oh fuck. 

--

- [Assembly] -

- [Auditorium, 8:00] -

--

[The alarm sounds again. The group shuffles into the auditorium--there is still a circle of 16 desks. Most of them are empty. It’s depressing.]

[KENNY]: … Feeling better, Daisy? 

[DAISY]: I’m sorry I freaked out. 

[ELLIE]: We all freaked out. 

[MAIA]: Where the Hell is Xavier? 

[DAISY]: I… 

[...]

[DAISY]: Don’t know? 

[MONODOODLE]: Well, we can’t start the game until he’s here!

[KENNY]: I’ll go find him.

[KENNY leaves the room.]

--

- [Harsh Winter] -

- [Freezer, 8:15] -

--

[XAVIER is freezing to death.]

[He’s weighed his odds. He figured it out. Someone locked him in the freezer to die. Someone isn’t going along with their plan.]

[He figured it would be him who screwed things up. How--]

[Someone’s banging on the door.]

[KENNY]: Xavier?! Xavier, are you in there?!

[XAVIER]: K-Kenny…?

[KENNY]: Holy shit!

[The door swings open. KENNY runs in and helps XAVIER up.]

[KENNY]: What the fuck?! Why are you in here?!

[XAVIER]: … I was trying to get something for Daisy. 

[KENNY]: You could’ve died!

[XAVIER]: I know I could’ve died! I almost did!

[KENNY]: That still doesn’t answer my question. Why was the door closed?

[XAVIER]: I don’t know. Someone locked it on me. 

[KENNY]: Someone did fucking what?!

[XAVIER]: I don’t know who it was! Someone came up and locked the door. 

[KENNY]: Well, come on. The game’s about to start. We need to get you warmed up. 

[XAVIER]: Yippee. Another stay in the medbay. Lucky me.

[KENNY]: I’m just getting you a jacket. And a blanket. You’re cold and it’s chilly out there. 

[XAVIER]: Fine. 

--

- [Fear Factor] -

- [Auditorium, 8:30] -

--

- [TW: discussion of mental health conditions, discussion of abuse, depiction of violence, depiction of spiders, consumption of non-consumable things.]

[KENNY returns to the auditorium with XAVIER, holding a cup of coffee. MAIA stifles a gasp--he’s wearing one of EVAN’s hockey sweaters and wrapped in a blanket from RYAN’s room. It hangs off his wiry frame like a curtain, obviously meant for someone much larger-bodied than him. She refuses to look at him from then on.]

[DAISY]: … Xavier, what happened? 

[XAVIER glares at each student separately. KENNY hands him the coffee and he takes an angry sip.]

[XAVIER]: One of you shitheads locked me in the freezer. 

[Gasping. MONODOODLE wanders into the center.]

[MONODOODLE]: Hell-o students! Today you’ll be playing a little game I’ve called Fear Factor.

[KENNY]: Isn’t that just a reality show? 

[MONODOODLE]: Nuh-uh! Not like this it isn’t!

[KENNY]: … okay. Not gonna ask. 

[MONODOODLE]: You have each had two challenges or punishments tailored to your own personal fears and phobias. You must either take that or have a claim read out from a deceased student’s profile. 

[...]

[MAIA]: Shit. 

[MONODOODLE]: Fun, right? 

[JAIME]: Not especially. 

[MONODOODLE]: You guys are boring. 

[DAISY]: You’re sick.

[MONODOODLE]: Can’t we just start? 

[DAISY]: Fine. 

[...]

[MONODOODLE]: Round one. Xavier Hassan, please step forward. 

[XAVIER steps up to the centre of the circle.]

[XAVIER]: Hit me. 

[MONODOODLE]: You may either choose to have your face submerged in freezing water for thirty seconds, or have a claim read out from Kathleen Suzuki’s student profile. 

[...]

[XAVIER]: I… I’ll pick the water. 

[KENNY]: He’s hypothermic! You can’t do that! 

[MONODOODLE]: Alrighty then. Xavier Hassan, please take item number two from under the table.

[With a grunt, XAVIER pulls a tub of water out from under the table.]

[MONODOODLE]: A student aggressor is being selected.

[XAVIER]: [Sighs] Can’t I just do this myself? 

[MONODOODLE]: No. James Halley, please step forward. 

[With a sigh, JAIME steps up to the centre of the circle.]

[JAIME]: … Sorry, man. 

[XAVIER]: Why are you apologizing? 

[JAIME doesn’t reply. XAVIER kneels down on the floor in front of the water tub.]

[XAVIER]: There. Now hit me. 

[JAIME grits his teeth.]

[JAIME]: I’m… sorry in advance. 

[JAIME lowers XAVIER’s head into the water and starts counting down. Immediately, goosebumps start to ripple across his skin. Bubbles.]

[DAISY]: … Kenny, thirty seconds shouldn’t be fatal, right? 

[KENNY]: I don’t think so.

[DAISY]: You don’t think?! Kenny, you have to know! 

[KENNY]: I mean… there’s always a chance he might freak out like Charlotte did… [mumbling] man, poor Charlotte. And since he’s so weak, what with the hypothermia and the eating disorder and all…

[Bubbles…]

[MONODOODLE]: Your time is up. 

[JAIME removes his hands. Immediately, XAVIER straightens up, coughs, and gasps for breath.]

[XAVIER]: Holy shit--[panting]

[DAISY]: Oh, thank fuck! [relieved laughter]

[MONODOODLE]: I wouldn’t celebrate now, Daisy Foster. You’re next. 

[DAISY grits her teeth and steps forward.]

[MONODOODLE]: Round two. Daisy Foster, please step forward.

[DAISY]: I’m already right here!

[MONODOODLE]: It’s a preprogrammed greeting. Not my choice. You may choose to either remain locked in the calm room for the next twenty-four hours or have a claim read out from Thomas Schandlinger’s student profile. 

[...]

[DAISY]: I--I…

[...]

[DAISY]: Say the thing. 

[MAIA]: What?!

[KENNY]: Daisy!

[DAISY]: You don’t get it. 

[MONODOODLE]: Very well. From the time he was three years old until his death at the age of seventeen, Thomas Schandlinger suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder, maladaptive daydreaming, and dissociative amnesia stemming from abusive familial relationships. 

[...]

[MAIA]: Oh my God. 

[KENNY]: Can we not reveal dead people’s secrets here?!

[MONODOODLE]: Daisy Foster, you may return to your seat. Kenneth McKellar, please step forward. 

[KENNY steps forward.]

[MONODOODLE]: Kenneth McKellar, you may either have a slash inflicted on the underside of your forearm or reveal a claim from Charlotte Barrett’s student profile. 

[...]

[KENNY]: I--I… I pick Charlotte.

[MAIA]: What?!

[XAVIER]: Oh, seriously?

[DAISY]: You hypocrite!

[KENNY]: You guys--

[ELLIE]: You’re an asshole! You’re a hypocritical asshole!

[KENNY]: My blood doesn’t clot, okay!?

[...]

[MAIA]: Uh… yeah, valid reason, I guess. 

[KENNY]: Thank you. 

[MONODOODLE]: At the time she was taken into the killing game, Charlotte Barrett was recieving regular psychoactive therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder and was on a Lexapro prescription that prohibited her from driving. 

[...]

[XAVIER]: I feel like we knew that about her. 

[KENNY]: No, we didn’t. That’s why this sucks absolute ass.

[DAISY]: You’re the one who revealed that. 

[KENNY]: Fuck you. I could’ve died, Daisy.

[DAISY]: You need to calm down. 

[MONODOODLE]: Round four. Pandora Liu, please step forward. 

[FOX]: It’s Fox!

[MONODOODLE]: Pandora Liu, step forward.

[FOX steps forward.]

[FOX]: Fine.

[MONODOODLE]: Pandora Liu, you may choose to either relinquish all personal belongings including clothes and access to dormitories, or have a fact from Margaret Baker’s profile revealed. 

[...]

[FOX]: I’ll give my stuff up. 

[MONODOODLE]: Very well. You may leave to change out of your clothes. 

[FOX]: I’m out.

[FOX leaves the room.]

[MONODOODLE]: Round five. Elizabeth Goldman, please step forward. 

[ELLIE steps up to the center of the circle.]

[ELLIE]: … What do you want? 

[MONODOODLE]: Please pick up box number four from the table and remove the contents.

[ELLIE opens the box and screams.]

[DAISY]: What?

[ELLIE]: There’s a spider in there!

[DAISY]: Eugh.

[KENNY]: That’s so nasty. 

[MONODOODLE]: You may choose to either consume the spider or reveal a fact from Evan Nakamura’s student profile. 

[Visceral reactions of disgust]

[ELLIE]: Evan! Evan, Evan, Evan.

[KENNY]: Yeah… can’t blame you. 

[MONODOODLE]: Evan Nakamura cheated on his girlfriend, Lilah Thomas, due to repeated physical and emotional abuse he experienced at her hands for the past year. 

[...]

[MAIA]: O--Oh god… 

[MAIA presses a hand to her mouth and stifles a sob.]

[MAIA]: … Evan, I’m so sorry…

[MONODOODLE]: James Halley, please step forward.

[JAIME steps into the circle.]

[JAIME]: Hit me. 

[MONODOODLE]: You may either inflict a small slash on Kenneth McKellar’s arm, or you may reveal a claim from Gabriel Yang’s student profile.

[...]

[JAIME]: … What?

[MONODOODLE]: You may either--

[JAIME]: Gabriel. 

[...]

[MONODOODLE]: Okay. Gabriel Yang was sent to the hospital for a broken leg when his sister pushed him down the stairs. Maia Preston, please step forward. 

[MAIA stands and, without another word, steps into the circle.]

[MONODOODLE]: You may either choose to be strangled by Xavier Hassan for thirty seconds, or reveal a claim from Ryan Marin’s student profile. 

[XAVIER]: Wh--?! Why me?!

[KENNY]: Sh--shit, because… [a shaky sigh.]

[MAIA]: It doesn’t matter, Kenny. I’ll take it. 

[...]

[KENNY]: … Maia.

[MAIA]: I’ll take it!

[...]

[XAVIER]: Yeah. Okay. Fine.

[XAVIER steps into the circle.]

[XAVIER]: Is there… a specific way I’m supposed to do this? 

[MONODOODLE]: No. I was assuming you’d do it in the same way Evan Nakamura did to Charlotte Barrett. 

[XAVIER]: Yeah, but… that nearly killed her. 

[MAIA]: Just do it. 

[XAVIER sighs and locks his hands around MAIA’s throat. She sucks in a sharp gasp through her teeth--then goes silent. KENNY presses his lips shut and pretends he’s not about to freak out.]

[JAIME]: You okay? 

[KENNY]: … I’m fine. Everything is fine. 

[MONODOODLE]: Your time is up. 

[XAVIER removes his hands. MAIA takes a shaky breath, but has no other reaction.]

[...]

[XAVIER]: Are you okay? 

[MAIA]: I’m fine. 

--

- [Medical Marvel] -

- [Medbay, 12:15] -

--

[KENNY’s hands shake as he sets up the medbay.]

[JAIME]: … You gonna talk about Maia? 

[...]

[KENNY]: What?

[JAIME]: I didn’t think you were that close with her. You completely freaked out when she was getting strangled. 

[KENNY]: Yeah. she… told me something. 

[...]

[JAIME]: Are you gonna… tell me? 

[...]

[KENNY]: … Don’t tell her I said this, but… when we were handcuffed, she… she said something about how her her brother…

[...]

[KENNY]: … slammed her against a wall and strangled her. 

[JAIME]: What.

[KENNY]: Listen, you can’t say anything to her about it. Just look at the medication. 

[...]

[JAIME]: Do you understand what that means? It’s not safe for her to go home. 

[KENNY]: She’s an independent woman, Jaime. She can handle herself--and she will. 

--

- [Twisted Games] -

- [MAIA’s room, 15:04] -

--

[MAIA sits in her room, hands pressed to her mouth, holding back tears. FOX opens the door.]

[MAIA]: … Fox…

[FOX]: Hello. Y’know, Ellie filled me in on what happened at the end of the game. 

[MAIA]: … am I… a bad person? 

[...]

[FOX]: Of course not. Why would you be a bad person? You didn’t know about Evan.

[MAIA]: … I should’ve…

[FOX]: No. You didn’t have to do anything, okay? 

[FOX smiles at her. Her canines are missing.]

[MAIA]: … Okay. Is--is your mouth…? 

[FOX]: Oh, I’m fine. I lost them a while ago. 

[MAIA]: How the fuck did you bite Charlotte?

[FOX]: I can still bite people without my canines. It just shreds rather than piercing. 

[...]

[MAIA]: Um… okay. Sounds painful

[FOX]: [giggles] It is!

[...]

[MAIA]: I’ll miss you so much. 

[FOX]: I’ll miss you, too. 

[FOX cradles MAIA’s face in her hand.]

[FOX]: You’re one of the first people I’ve ever loved, y’know.

[...] 

[MAIA blinks tears out of her eyes and intertwines FOX’s fingers with her own.]

[MAIA]: You… love me…? 

[FOX]: Of course I love you. 

[FOX traces MAIA’s lower lip with her thumb. MAIA lets out a shaky sob.]

[MAIA]: You love me. [A laugh.]

[FOX]: Of course.

[MAIA closes the distance between them. Contact. It’s awkward at first, bumping noses and clicking teeth, but they settle into it. She wraps her arms around FOX’s neck and leans in further. When they break away, MAIA’s hands rest on FOX’s shoulders. FOX smiles.]

[...]

[FOX]: We could have had everything. 

[MAIA]: We still could.

[toxic-yaoii]

Here’s my Hama redesign for mine and my friends Tetro reimagined idea where it’s placed in the 80’s!

[colonthreedotexe]

the reaction when someone is misogynistic to a cis woman: "wtf that's not ok you can't treat women like that"

the reaction when someone is misogynistic to a trans woman: "hahaha that's so funny, you're treating them- i mean her, like a woman. gender affirming misogyny am i right hahahaha"

[colonthreedotexe]

something something, women you're allowed to abuse. women you're allowed to abuse

[plaguedocboi]

I remember when I was younger, anytime I watched a movie where the characters have to kill a scary monster/alien, I always thought the act of killing it was intended to be part of the horror. Like there’s this amazing creature that we’ve never seen before, and maybe under different circumstances we could’ve coexisted with it, but it’s trying to attack you and you have to defend yourself, but by destroying it you also destroy the ability to ever understand it and that’s sad and is supposed to make you feel conflicted.

It was not until well into my adulthood that I realized most people do not have complicated feelings about movies where people have to kill a scary alien monster, nor is that necessarily meant to be part of the narrative (unless it very obviously is). They just want the scary thing to die because it’s scary. I don’t have a real conclusion to this I just started thinking about it for some reason.

[plaguedocboi]

1. This reply is two words and they managed to misspell both of then

2. Yeah. Duh.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

podcasts could have been so good but they decided to make the main genres True Crime and Men Talking. shut up shut up the public yearns for audio dramas

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

i do appreciate how tumblr LOVES podcasts that aren't what most people think of when they think "podcast." you people love strange and terrible things happening to queer & confused characters, and i respect that

[sexycornenthusiast]

watching someone start reblogging transmisandry bullshit is like seeing them get hacked by a scambot. will you stop.. for me

[sexycornenthusiast]

when people say misandry or androphobia or whatever aren't real they aren't being pedantic about your language. believing misandry is real is ideological poison. the second you attribute the real oppression you face to some "anti-male prejudice" you have given up your ability to understand and fight the actual power structures causing it. any bit of time and energy you spend arguing that women don't have it as bad as they say they do is time and energy you aren't spending on anything actually productive. wake up

[bluethetalkingcattimes2]

Student Spotlight: Ellie Goldman

[ELLIE walks into the interview room.]

[ELLIE]: … Hello? 

[MONODOODLE]: Hi, Ellie. 

[...]

[ELLIE]: You’re talking weird. 

[MONODOODLE]: I’m not!

[ELLIE]: You are!

[MONODOODLE]: I’m not! 

[ELLIE]: I guess this is one of those interview things?

[MONODOODLE]: Sure it. 

[ELLIE]: Okay. I’m an open book, then. 

[MONODOODLE]: Nice! Question one--what are your plans for after the killing game? 

[...]

[ELLIE]: Oh. 

[...]

[ELLIE]: I-I dunno… I guess I’m just gonna do what I used to do.

[MONODOODLE]: Is that what you want to do?

[ELLIE]: No, but I don’t have other options. [soft laughter.]

[...]

[MONODOODLE]: That’s not very funny.

[ELLIE]: You’re right, it isn’t. 

[MONODOODLE]: Then why’d you laugh? 

[ELLIE]: … I don’t know. 

[MONODOODLE]: Question two--is there anyone you would be willing to die for? 

[...]

[ELLIE]: I don’t like these questions, Monodoodle. 

[MONODOODLE]: You’d think you’d be used to this kind of thing by now. 

[ELLIE]: But I’m not! 

[MONODOODLE]: I mean, just… people in general. I guess.

[ELLIE]: … I’d die for anyone here. 

[MONODOODLE]: Really?

[ELLIE]: We all deserve to go home, y’know. Even Xavier. Even though he’s… 

[MONODOODLE]: A jerk?

[ELLIE]: A jerk. 

[...]

[MONODOODLE]: Anyway! Question three--when did you start acting?

[ELLIE]: When I was a baby! I was in commercials and TV shows and movies before I could even speak!

[MONODOODLE]: Question four--why did you start acting?

[ELLIE]: Well… I dunno. My dad chose it for me. I was really little when I was born, and they need really little babies in movies. And then I stayed really little, and… [mumbling] I guess that was game over for my hopes and dreams. 

[...]

[TREVOR, quietly and through MONODOODLE]: … Brutal. 

[ELLIE]: What? 

[MONODOODLE]: U--uh--question five! What is your favourite film!

[...]

[ELLIE]: Well… I can’t really watch movies. Not even the ones I’m in. My Dad doesn’t let me--says I need to be up and moving all the time. He lets me watch Disney movies though! I liked Cinderella a lot. 

[MONODOODLE]: That’s a fun one. Question six--what’s your favourite genre to act in?

[ELLIE]: hmmm… I like comedies. I’m funny. And nobody gets hurt in those except people who deserve it. 

[...]

[MONODOODLE]: I wouldn’t say that’s true. 

[ELLIE]: You’re mean. 

[MONODOODLE]: I’m not! Question seven--what’s your favourite genre in total? 

[ELLIE]: Hmmmm… decisions, decisions. I guess I like action movies a lot, but my dad doesn’t let me watch them. He says they’re too violent and that they’ll give me ideas. I don’t know what that means. 

[MONODOODLE]: … I also don’t know what that means. 

[ELLIE]: See, you get it. 

[MONODOODLE]: Question eight--Ellie, if you were given a decision, who would you revive from the afterlife?

[...]

[ELLIE]: Charlotte. 

[MONODOODLE]: Not Evan?

[ELLIE]: … I don’t know. None of them deserved it, really. 

[MONODOODLE]: You’re sure?

[ELLIE]: I… Oh, fuck this!

[ELLIE starts crying]

[ELLIE]: I don’t even know what to say! What do you want me to say!?

[...]

[MONODOODLE]: I don’t know. 

[...]

[MONODOODLE]: U-um… question ten. Ellie, what do you think of yourself nowadays?

[ELLIE just cries harder.]

[ELLIE]: I don’t even know who I am anymore! I feel like I’m just--like everyone wants me to be something completely different and I don’t know who to listen to! Is that wrong? Am I wrong? 

[...]

[ELLIE]: … Is there anything even worth going back to?

[bluethetalkingcattimes2]

Danganronpa: Anachronism - Day 26

[4 days until [Lilac]]

--

- [Meeting] -

- [Auditorium, 5:15] -

--

[The remaining seven drag themselves into the auditorium.]

[DAISY]: Fox, how important is this real-

[TREVOR, through Monodoodle]: Can you hear me?

[...]

[DAISY]: … oh, shit. 

[JAIME puts his arms in front of KENNY and DAISY.]

[JAIME]: What the fuck are you here for?

[FOX]: He’s on our side, Jaime!

[KENNY]: Jaime…

[TREVOR]: … well. I’d like you all to be calm and listen. 

[JAIME]: Be calm?! Are you the asshole who put us here in the first place?!

[TREVOR]: … it’s complicated.

[JAIME]: You either are or you aren’t.

[FOX]: Jaime…

[TREVOR]: I was hired to create Monodoodle--the robot you’re hearing me speak through now. I was under the impression she’d be used as a companion for children in hospitals. 

[JAIME]: So you built her with weapon capabilities?!

[TREVOR]: Those were added behind my back. I didn’t know. Listen--I don’t have a lot of time, but I want to help you. I can get you out. All of you.

[...]

[TREVOR]: Thank you. Up until yesterday, I was under the impression that my boss, William Sinclair, was supervising a psychology experiment. I didn’t know what happened… how many of you…

[...]

[TREVOR]: I didn’t know. He knows you--all of you. He’s been watching you for years. 

[KENNY]: How… many years?

[TREVOR]: It depends. You, for four. Jaime, one. Maia, six. Ellie, three. Daisy, ten. Xavier, seven. Fox…

[...]

[FOX]: Since the start?

[TREVOR]: Yes. Now, I have a few very important instructions for all of you to follow. Okay? 

[JAIME]: You’re not my dad.

[FOX]: Well, he’s mine. So listen. 

[...]

[JAIME]: Okay. 

[FOX]: Can’t believe that worked… 

[TREVOR]: First of all--I’m gonna need you guys to act like this conversation never even happened. They don’t know I can talk to you. Got it?

[KENNY]: Got it. 

[TREVOR]: Okay. Second--They’re going to drop a motive tomorrow. Tomorrow--and, since it’s the fifth one, it’ll be rough. But I need you all to stay strong, okay? Be brave. You can do it. I’ll come get you at the end of the week. Third of all… one of you needs to fake your death. 

[...]

[ELLIE]: I’ll do it.

[MAIA]: Ellie--

[ELLIE]: Maia, don’t. You don’t have to protect me. I’m not a little kid. 

[TREVOR]: Okay. You sure? 

[ELLIE]: I’m an actress. I know I can do it. 

[TREVOR]: Finally--the Beretta. Do any of you know where it still is? 

[...]

[KENNY]: … no. 

[TREVOR]: Do you know who got it in the swap at least?

[...]

[XAVIER]: No. 

[TREVOR]: [sighs] Okay. I need you all to figure that out. 

[KENNY]: There’s something I need to figure out, too. 

[TREVOR]: What? 

[KENNY]: … where are we? Like, geographically? 

[...]

[TREVOR]: New York. Southern New York, near the Pennsylvania border. Middle of the forest. That fourth floor is the only one that’s above ground. 

[KENNY]: There’s no fifth floor?

[TREVOR]: No. 

[KENNY]: Okay. 

[TREVOR]: I trust you. All of you. I promise. I just need you guys to promise me in return, okay?

[...]

[DAISY]: We promise. 

--

- [Beretta] -

- [Medbay, 7:03] -

--

[KENNY]: This is ridiculous. How are we supposed to find a gun in this school? 

[...]

[KENNY]: Shit. Jaime, who don’t we know what rewards they got? 

[JAIME]: Well… I got Evan’s, and you got…? 

[KENNY]: Uh… I think I got yours? Ellie got mine, don’t know who got hers. Nadia got Maia’s… Charlotte got Nadia’s… Evan got Xavier’s… Xavier got Kat’s.

[JAIME]: Oh, god--that. And Kat got… Maggie’s, right?

[KENNY]: Maggie got Ryan’s, and Ryan got…

[...]

[KENNY]: check the bodies. 

[JAIME opens the cabinet door. RYAN’s cold face stares up at him. He reaches into his pocket, and…]

[JAIME]: Oh, fuck. Oh fuck…

[... Pulls out the gun.]

--

- [Friends Close] -

- [Kitchen, 9:27] -

--

[XAVIER]: … Morning.

[MAIA]: Morning.

[XAVIER]: Need help? 

[...]

[MAIA]: Have you gone crazy? You’re being nice.

[XAVIER]: Do you?

[MAIA]: What’s up with you today? 

[...]

[XAVIER laughs. MAIA is clearly taken aback by it.]

[XAVIER]: We’re leaving. We’re actually leaving! 

[MAIA]: I hope so, at least. 

[XAVIER]: Trevor can get us out.

[MAIA]: If he’s telling the truth, he can. 

[XAVIER]: I trust him. 

[MAIA]: Why’s that?

[...]

[XAVIER]: Well, I dunno. I guess it’s just a vibe I get. 

[MAIA]: A vibe you get? [laughs] Well, speaking of vibes, I like this Xavier.

[XAVIER]: Really? 

[MAIA]: Yeah. You’re not a jackass anymore.

[...]

[XAVIER]: When we get back home, can we meet up sometime?

[MAIA]: What? 

[XAVIER]: I know we don’t live near each other, but… I like you. You’re cool. 

[MAIA]: … oh.

[XAVIER]: What?

[MAIA]: N--no. I’d do that.

[XAVIER]: You would?

[MAIA]: Of course. 

[She pats him on the back.]

[MAIA]: You don’t just go through this kinda thing with a guy and not be besties for life. 

--

- [Enemies Closer] -

- [Storage Room, 10:01] -

--

[KENNY straightens up the second XAVIER walks in the storage room.]

[XAVIER]: Jesus fuck--what is it this time?

[KENNY]: Fuck you.

[XAVIER]: Come on, Kenny. You act like a guy can’t change.

[KENNY]: Because some can’t.

[XAVIER]: How do you know?

[KENNY]: I know ‘cause you’re not the first asshole I’ve known. Apologies mean nothing when they’re just because of someone else. 

[XAVIER]: But this doesn’t mean nothing! I really am sorry!

[KENNY]: Are you expecting me to believe that? 

[...]

[XAVIER]: Yes. 

[KENNY]: Well, I don’t. Okay?

--

- [Student Spotlight: Ellie Goldman] -

- [Interview room, 12:30] -

--

--

- [Trust Fall] -

- [KENNY’s room, 13:57] -

--

[TW: Discussion of bullying, minor manipulation]

[JAIME knocks at KENNY’s door.]

[JAIME]: Can I come in?

[KENNY]: Go ahead. 

[JAIME opens the door.]

[JAIME]: I was talking to Xavier earlier…

[KENNY]: Oh, fuck right off with that.

[...]

[JAIME]: … okay. Jumping right into here… I trust him.

[KENNY]: Why?

[JAIME]: Because he isn’t like the other people who’ve hurt you, Kenny. 

[KENNY]: Why wouldn’t he be?

[JAIME]: Because he’s been through this. This kind of rift is exactly what the staff want. 

[KENNY]: You don’t understand, Jaime. 

[JAIME]: But I trust him.

[KENNY]: And I don’t. You haven’t been through what I’ve been through. 

[JAIME]: And it’s awful and disgusting that you went through that--but it’s not fair to take it out on Xavier. 

[KENNY]: I think it’s completely fair to take it out on him! He’s a terrible person! 

[JAIME]: Ken--

[KENNY]: Do you even like me?!

[...]

[KENNY]: … Jaime. I didn’t mean that. 

[JAIME]: No. No, it’s fine. 

[KENNY]: I’m sorry. 

[JAIME]: I’ll just go. 

[KENNY]: Don’t--

[JAIME leaves.]

[KENNY]: … Don’t leave… don’t…

--

- [Staring into Space] -

- [Library, 17:08] -

--

[DAISY sits huddled on a chair in the library. FOX walks in and sits on the floor beside her.]

[FOX]: How d’you do, Daisy? 

[...]

[DAISY]: … I’m bad.

[FOX]: Aw, man. 

[...]

[FOX]: You wanna talk about it? 

[DAISY]: I just… 

[...]

[DAISY]: Ryan was so close. He could’ve gotten out. 

[FOX]: Yeah. Bad timing. 

[DAISY]: He had so much more he could’ve done. 

[FOX]: He did. 

[...]

[DAISY]: Do you actually…

[FOX]: Do I care? Of course I care! 

[DAISY]: No. Do you think Trevor’s telling the truth? 

[FOX]: He’s been an honest man as long as I’ve known him. 

[DAISY]: How long?

[FOX]: My whole life.

[...]

[DAISY]: Guess there’s no fighting you on that. 

[bluethetalkingcattimes2]

I am pleased to announce that Ellie Goldman will receive the next student Spotlight!

please submit questions in my inbox until June 8th.

[bluethetalkingcattimes2]

this is now extended to June 12th. Please submit questions further!

[bluethetalkingcattimes2]

Danganronpa: Anachronism - Day 26

[5 days until [Lilac]]

--

- [Man on the Inside] -

- [Dr. Sinclair’s Laboratory, 1:54] -

--

[TW: Discussion of violence, discussion of death]

[WILLIAM SINCLAIR turns off his computer, stands, and stretches. There’s a knock on his door.]

[WILLIAM]: [sighs] Can it wait until tomorrow? 

[???]: No. 

[WILLIAM]: Jesus Christ, Brokelman--I was just about to close up shop. Come on in. 

[The man outside--“Brokelman” it seems--opens the door. He’s far younger than WILLIAM, perhaps thirty-five at the oldest. His eyes are framed with black glasses. His dark, coily hair is tied back. His nametag, with a photo of him smiling brightly, reads TREVOR BROKELMAN. He is also absolutely, irrevocably furious.]

[WILLIAM smirks.]

[WILLIAM]: Now, what’s on your mind, Brokelman? Don’t you have a wife to get back to? 

[...]

[TREVOR covers his wedding ring.]

[TREVOR]: … You’re a liar. You’re--you’re--[chokes]

[WILLIAM]: You’ll have to speak up. 

[Instead of saying more, TREVOR slams the copies of the student files onto the desk. All but seven--the surviving seven--are stamped with the word TERMINATED in bright red ink. His eyes soften.]

[TREVOR]: Dr. Sinclair…

[WILLIAM]: Yes?

[TREVOR]: … If you don’t have anything to do with this… please. Please, just tell me. 

[...]

[TREVOR shouts and throws his hands up in the air.]

[WILLIAM]: Now, what’s the tantrum about? 

[TREVOR]: They’re kids, Dr. Sinclair. 

[WILLIAM]: Well, teenagers. 

[TREVOR]: You’re killing them. You’re killing these kids!

[WILLIAM]: So? 

[TREVOR]: William, your daughter is in there!

[TREVOR’s voice breaks. WILLIAM sits back down in his desk chair.]

[WILLIAM]: Pandora is no daughter of mine. She gave her family up the moment she sided with her captives. 

[TREVOR]: You’re a monster. 

[WILLIAM]: Maybe I am. Maybe I’m not. Who are you to say?

[TREVOR]: You had eleven children killed, Dr. Sinclair. Why?

[WILLIAM shrugs.]

[WILLIAM]: It’s important science. 

[TREVOR, shocked and horrified, opens the files and flips through them.]

[TREVOR]: G--god… Henry, Charlotte, Nadia, Evan… you… you tortured them, Dr. Sinclair.

[WILLIAM]: They were killers.

[TREVOR]: They were scared kids who didn’t want to die! 

[WILLIAM]: I’ve been scared before. I never took it out on someone else. 

[TREVOR]: You told these kids it was kill or be killed. They did what they felt like they had to. 

[WILLIAM]: I’d like to repeat myself. I’ve been scared before. I never took it out on someone else. 

[TREVOR]: These kids would beg to differ. Fox would beg to differ. 

[WILLIAM stands.]

[WILLIAM]: Her name is Pandora. And she’s not my daughter. 

[TREVOR]: She loved you, Dr. Sinclair. Olivia loved you!

[WILLIAM]: She still loves me!

[TREVOR]: You’ve lost yourself, Dr. Sinclair. 

[WILLIAM]: Quite the opposite, in fact. I’ve found exactly what I want. 

[TREVOR]: But where’s the line? 

[WILLIAM]: What?

[TREVOR]: Dr. Sinclair, you need to draw a line somewhere. Where do you stop? Where do you decide that science isn’t worth it? 

[WILLIAM]: Believe me, Dr. Brokelman. This is worth it. 

--

- [Storm Coming] -

- [Hallway, 11:14] -

--

[TW: Depiction of suicidal ideation]

[XAVIER]: Hey, Daisy, have you seen--

[DAISY, fury in her eyes, turns around and wields a chef’s knife in XAVIER’s direction.]

[XAVIER]: … the knife. 

[She pulls away, if only slightly, but doesn’t drop the knife.]

[DAISY]: You’ll… have to excuse me, Xavier. I’m a bit on edge. 

[XAVIER]: I can see that. You’re carrying a knife?!

[DAISY]: You’re not?

[XAVIER]: Of course I’m not! I’m trying not to kill anyone!

[DAISY]: I’m already a target, Xavier. 

[XAVIER]: No, you’re not. Evan’s just a crazy person. 

[DAISY]: I’m easy to kill--plus, no one would notice. 

[XAVIER]: No one would--?

[DAISY]: Nobody would notice or care if I died. 

[...]

[XAVIER]: Daisy…

[DAISY]: What? Objectively, I contribute nothing to the group. If you wanted to kill someone easy, I’d be the one to go for. 

[...]

[XAVIER]: Daisy, you’re all I have left. 

[Her eyes soften.]

[XAVIER]: You’re the only person left here who forgives me. 

[DAISY]: Forgives…?

[XAVIER]: Don’t you?

[...]

[DAISY]: … Xavier. I need you to listen to me and take what I say to heart. Because it’s not to insult you, I promise.

[XAVIER]: What? 

[...]

[DAISY]: … I love you. I do. 

[XAVIER]: But?

[DAISY]: But I can never forgive you. Is that clear?

[...]

[XAVIER]: Daisy, I apologized.

[DAISY]: I know. And I can’t forgive you. Nobody here can. 

[XAVIER]: Wh--I apologized!

[DAISY]: Like I said, I know. But it’s not just apologizing that counts, Xavier. You need to change. 

[XAVIER]: I have changed!

[...]

[DAISY]: I’ll believe it when I see it. 

--

- [Medical Professional] -

- [Medbay, 13:45] -

--

[KENNY enters the medbay to find FOX going through the medications.]

[FOX]: Hi, Kenny!

[KENNY]: … what are you doing in here? 

[She crosses her arms.]

[FOX]: Hmph! How rude! 

[KENNY]: It’s a fair question.

[FOX]: You see, I’m the closest you guys have to a medical professional--

[KENNY]: Oh god no. Absolutely not. 

[KENNY grabs FOX’s arm and pulls her out of the medical room.]

[KENNY]: You’re going to stay here. Right here. Outside of the medbay. And I am going to do my actual job working with medical stuff. 

[FOX]: You’re a forensic chemist.

[KENNY]: You experiment on people, Fox!

[FOX]: I don’t experiment on people! I…

[...]

[FOX]: Yeah, I experiment on people. 

[KENNY]: I can’t believe you. 

--

- [Golden Years] -

- [MAIA’s room, 14:14] -

--

[TW: Internalized shame, discussion of parentification]

[MAIA closes the door to her room and slumps down on her bed. She’s tired. She’s so tired. ELLIE hops in next to her.]

[ELLIE]: Maia--

[MAIA]: Get out. 

[ELLIE’s eyes soften.]

[ELLIE]: Oh.

[MAIA]: [sighs] Ellie, I don’t mean it like that. 

[ELLIE]: … sorry.

[MAIA]: Ellie--

[ELLIE leaves. MAIA buries her face in her pillow and starts sobbing. Once again, she’s the bitch who screws everything up, isn’t she?]

[It’s all her fault. All of it, always.]

--

- [Mending Fences] -

- [Kitchen, 15:06] -

--

[XAVIER opens the door to find FOX sitting in the kitchen. She raises her head.]

[XAVIER]: Fox, I…

[...]

[XAVIER]: I’m sorry. 

[FOX]: Do I look like I care?

[...]

[XAVIER]: I was hoping you would.

[FOX]: Xavier, I’m a way worse person than you. If anything I should be apologizing.

[...]

[XAVIER]: Can you just let me have this? I’m sorry about… everything. I’m sorry I called you a terrible person. I’m sorry I haven’t been talking to you--

[FOX]: Did Ryan tell you to do this? 

[...]

[FOX]: He did, didn’t he? Before he died? And that’s why you’re so…

[FOX gestures to him.]

[...]

[XAVIER]: Don’t--don’t be like that, Fox. 

-- 

- [Bite Down] -

- [Classroom, 17:17] -

--

[JAIME mumbles something to himself, head down. DAISY raises her own as he walks in.]

[DAISY]: Jaime! Hi. 

[JAIME]: --Daisy. 

[DAISY]: … yeah, that’s me. What’s up?

[JAIME]: Nothing much…

[DAISY]: No, actually. What’s happening? Something’s wrong. 

[JAIME]: Nothing’s wrong.

[DAISY]: Tell me what’s going on, Jaime. 

[JAIME]: Nothing’s wrong. 

[...]

[DAISY]: … Jaime. What happened? Is Kenny okay?

[JAIME]: He’s fine, Daisy. Everything is fine.

[DAISY]: It’s--

[JAIME]: Daisy.

[...]

[JAIME]: Just--just don’t, okay?

--

- [Father] -

- [FOX’s room, 19:56] -

--

[FOX sits down on her bed--and pauses. Something’s wrong.]

[FOX]: … Hello? 

[A crackle. A soft crackle from the PA system.]

[TREVOR, over PA system]: hell--?? C--? -- Fox…?

[FOX]: Hello? 

[TREVOR, quietly over PA system]: Fox! Oh, thank god! Now--your Dad doesn’t know I’m talking to you. So stay quiet. 

[FOX nods.]

[FOX]: [whispering] Did you… know? 

[...]

[TREVOR]: … Kind of. 

[FOX]: How do you only kind of know? 

[TREVOR]: It’s a long story. But I have a plan, okay? You guys won’t have to be here much longer. Just get everyone to sit tight for a bit, okay? 

[FOX]: I’ll try, but…

[TREVOR]: You can. You’ll make it out, okay, Fox? 

[...]

[FOX]: I will. 

[caintooth]

you have to love trans women more than you hate transmisogyny, you have to love jews more than you hate antisemitism, you have to love Black people more than you hate white supremacy, you have to love Indigenous people more than you hate colonialism, you have to love the disabled and mentally ill more than you hate ableism, you have to love. you have to love.

[shadsmidnightthoughts]

THE HEART IS GAY

YAY HAPPY PRIDE MY LOVES [platonic]

[holyitsquiverrflynn]

the mag.

Drew this a while ago

Maggie belongs to @bluethetalkingcattimes2! GO READ ANACHRONISM

[arsenic-clownip]

by the way the fact that "youre treating me like a child/animal" arre synonymous to "youre treating me badly" really shows how we as a societyy treat animals and minors.

[gondorrevealparty]

They need to eat less because they're so small and weak. Why are they so small and weak? Because they eat less. Let's base our entire society on this distinction.