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ever since i was a little girl i knew i wanted to deny location sharing and turn off personalized ads and reject all non-essential cookies and not set up siri and face ID
one thing i am quite grateful to Brian David Gilbert for is the phrase "If you needed ME to tell you that... I'm glad I told you that."
it has been etched into my brain for the past six years, fundamentally altering how i consider knowledge gaps held by others, as well as myself. people usually need to be told stuff before they can know it! that's how knowing stuff works! this is an extreme example played for laughs but it's a legitimately helpful philosophy!!
Y'all ever think about the way video game bosses are designed to lose? How the bombastic soundtracks, the impressive displays of villainy, the teeth-rattling power of their attacks, are at once engineered not just to sell you on how unfathomably strong and vile they are, but also to make the player's inevitable victory all the sweeter?
Viewed this way, a boss battle is more like a choreographed dance - they call, you respond and counter-call. The trick is to learn the steps - once you know where to move, when to strike, when to defend and how to best allocate your resources, victory is not just achievable but actually almost impossible to avoid. You cannot help but recite the winning plays, over and again, because that is what the dance demands of you both - and is there not a savage sort of beauty in such a thing?
Is it any wonder then that we look back on these bosses so fondly, almost as if they were old friends? We danced together once, and oh what fun we had while doing it!
I'd like to show my American followers these photos of Shakespeare in the Park's 2017 production of Julius Caesar
For no particular reason...
I know we’ve been through this before and I don’t want to get my hopes up again but you gotta admit The Ides of March would be a really funny time for it to happen
whatever souls are made of, yours and mine are the same (insult)
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Aunque sea tarde una vez más, ¡Feliz cumpleaños, Shizuka Homura! 🙌🙌🙌
Como de costumbre, llego tarde para el cumpleaños del nuevo jefazo, pero igualmente, aquí algo en su honor. (?) Y como tanto Tsunemori como Homura cumplen años el mismo mes, aparecen los dos en este garabato. X’D
PD: La aparición especial de Ginoza, Kougami y Shimotsuki es un agregado de última hora. 😂😂😂
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tgcf mutual: no one understands the Character.
mdzs mutual: today i blocked 5 people in the Character tag. i'm starting to suspect no one in this fandom can read.
svsss mutual: today i spent 6 hours brainstorming new ways for Character and Character to fuck nasty. here are the results.
tgcf mutual: I feel like people are too invested in their Tropes and Archetypes
mdzs mutual: me when I believe unfounded rumors in the "don't believe unfounded rumors" book
svsss mutual: here is a comprehensive list of every female character and whether i think they would shave their bush or not
Psycho-Pass S03E01 - Laelaps Calling
Now that a good chunk of my temporary work files had been busted thanks to a failed drive, I’ve finally found time to watch Psycho-Pass S03E01. Oh, the irony of it – finding time to enjoy something I like only because I temporarily can’t work. Spirit of time, eh. I’m too used to being a workaholic :’)
Back to the matter at hand. Beware the spoilers.
I admit I’m pleasantly surprised with the pilot episode. After the disastrous S02, a slower pacing and a seeming return to the pressing social circumstances are a welcome change. If anything, it helps to build up suspense and tension. Naturally, there is a downside as well. Due to the episode length and the sheer number of new characters introduced all at once, some details become easy to miss. I had to rewind the video multiple times just to refresh my memory. The narration appears to be disjointed at times, although not quite as incongruous as the Sinners of the System were.
Now let’s get to the real fun.
Bifrost and Fenrir
As it turns out, I was right about Bifrost and certain Norse mythology references. For that matter, I was right about the wolf-like figure as well.
Many of you know that in Norse mythology Bifrost is a legendary rainbow bridge that connects the realm of men (Midgard) with the realm of gods (Asgard). I wouldn’t have paid it any attention had it not been for the wolf figure in the trailer. Fenrir, the monstrous wolf, is yet another figure from Norse mythology. It is said that one day Fenrir (or his offsprings, accounts vary) will break free of his chains and will ultimately swallow the Sun/Moon. Fenrir gaining freedom signifies the beginning of Ragnarok, i.e. the apocalypse and the death of gods. This episode, however, confirmed both – at very least the Bifrost thing is real.
Bifrost
From what we saw in the pilot Bifrost is mentioned within the context of the game/tournament that was taking place in a secret hideout.
The process of participating in the game creates a “relation” which I assume to be the “link” or a “bridge” (i.e. the Bifrost) to whatever system they are tapping into. Since Bifrost is meant to link the “world of men” to the “world of gods”, could it be that they have found a way to hijack into some Sibyl controlled processes? I’ve got the impression that they are gambling with the stock exchange. One of them is pulling strings to orchestrate accidents that would make certain indices fall, thus profiting from the share market losses. Oh and round-robin is a kind of a tournament setup, all-vs-all type, that is supposed to provide equal chances to all participants. The one who wins the most games in the round wins.
Oddly enough the very design of that hub/interface is reminiscent of the world structure as represented in Hindu philosophy, but that’s probably just a chance coincidence.
Fenrir
Now the wolf-figure is unquestionably linked to Arata. It has been made clear from the very first minutes of the episode. Peculiarly, Arata’s design sports “wolfish” features, for i.g. his hair is styled akin to beast ears and he has yellowish eyes.
If they truly intend to use Norse mythology for this, then I’d wager to guess that the monstrous wolf is “Fenrir”, who is bound to Arata’s subconsciousness – the menacing figure appears only when he’s sleeping or using his mental tracing.
In other words, Arata either IS the monster himself or is a vessel for the dark being. Something will happen to him and the “monster” will override his personality, thus “breaking free from chains”. According to the myth, Fenrir will aid the “Ragnarok”, i.e. the death of gods. Who are the “gods” within the world of PP? That’s right, the Sibyl System.
Also, in the opening sequence, both Kei and Arata are shown facing off with their guns drawn. Could it be that Arata will turn against the system and become the “bad” guy?
And by the by, is it me, or does Arata appear to be narcoleptic?
Laelaps Calling
The name of the episode is a spoiler itself since it hints about the general direction of the plot. You see, Laelaps is yet another mythical figure. This time – from Greek legends. The tale of Laelaps and the Teumessian Fox tells a story of an ill-fortunate and a paradoxical matchup of a hound and a fox. Laelaps is the hound that is destined to catch whatever prey it’s after, while the Teumessian Fox is a beast never to be caught. Think of a catch-22 or something in that spirit.
Within the context of the plot, it appears this season of PP will focus on murders that are impossible to prove as such. In other words, we are likely to witness a face-off between a skilled detective and an elusive criminal. The detective strives to find evidence that what seems to be an accident at first glance is, in fact, a meticulously planned crime.
I guess that fellow with a stylish fringe or the one with the diagram is our Teumessian Fox. Or maybe the criminal underground as a whole is, that’s anyone’s guess.
Btw the business card Enforcer Mao Kisaragi pulls out of the victim’s wallet sports a Fox logo.
Quite a canine story so far, no?
But there’s more. Interestingly enough, if you take a look at the Laelaps myth, Arata is hinted to be a wolf, not a dog. But do you know what returning character had been likened to a hound in Season 1 and in the side materials (”Psycho-Pass Legend Enforcer Shinya Kogami - The Hound of Utopia, a novel”)? That’s right. Kougami. Kougami, who was noted to be an extremely skilled and intelligent ex-inspector. Could it mean that he will be directly involved in catching the final bad guy and proving the crimes?
Fathers and Sons
Lastly, not mythology but still. The episode featured a character by the name of Bazarov, which is a reference to Ivan Turgenev’s novel “Fathers and sons”. As such, Turgenev’s Bazarov forestalled Nitzsche’s ideas on nihilism by rejecting everything that the older generation (“fathers”) stood for. Not much of clue itself, yet the episode has drawn attention to Arata’s father several times, who allegedly used to be an Inspector as well. A coincidence?
If you go back to the beginning of the vid, where Arata is shown sleeping during the car ride, you’ll see that in his dream sequence it is his dad who’s driving the car. Later the image shifts to that of a monstrous wolf.
So could the dark figure in Arata’s mind represent his father?
Welp, that’s quite a read again, but I had to jot my ideas down.
Another art dump! Except it’s 2ha with a scene redraw from chapter 9!
I’m so normal for them…
Shizun, pay attention to me 🐺💕
Okay I have a 2ha au idea I can't get out of my head
Mo Ran but he gets a system when he changes timelines. It works like most transmigration systems, telling him about quests and his intimacy with other characters.
Mo Ran: here I made you breakfast, shi Mei!
System: +2 affection points
Mo Ran: omg you can tell that?? How many points do i have with shi Mei?
System: 40 affection points .
Mo Ran: huh... how about xue meng?
System: 100 affection points
Mo Ran: haha he calls me a dog but he loves his cousin :) what about........ chu wanning? I bet it's in the negatives-
System: 50,675 affection points.
Mo Ran: ........ what
It's gotta be inaccurate... shi mei's should be way higher and chu wannings way way lower!
Mo Ran testing this by bringing a plate of cookies to Chu Wannings house
Chu Wanning: what?
Mo Ran: uh I brought you some sweets
Chu Wanning: ..... put them down and leave 😒
Mo ran: fine 🙄
System: +100 affection points
Mo ran: ????? He just told me to get lost???