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[helloitsbees]

How did you give yourself an EAR INFECTION eating pussy

im just gonna screenshot from a text i sent my friends after the doctors visit

[helloitsbees]

you can’t fucking do this to me

[pointless-achievements]

Achievement Unlocked:

A Noble Sacrifice

Never has there been a more righteous and honorable way to get an ear infection.

[crims-art]

All my danganronpa photocards! 🩷🩷🩷

[sophachipupa]

idk it's a meme

I want them to be brotp

[the-collector-blog]

lycaon's buffs were made with lycahugo strongly in mind.

- first, these enhancements are built around him being used with hugo. to the point that, in his potential hypothesis tutorial, it's just them two on the team, and the instructions straight up say hugo's name. mind you, this is LYCAON'S tutorial. 😭😭

- he stays on field for a while and mirrors the active char's movements. this means him and hugo are literally right up against and all over each other. and the name of lycaon's new move? "glacial waltz." it's as if they're dancing.

- them being by each other and mirroring movements is rife with photo opportunities. it's no coincidence they're introducing this right before bringing back the combat photo event! it will be so much easier for players to get lycahugo photos now.

- they added new voice lines for him, including multiple for hugo. one is "...your injury would be inconvenient."

- he literally just stands there with you; next to hugo. like hello. 😭

they look like partners. like the two original members of mockingbird, who were perhaps always fated to fight side by side once again.

[zagreuskitsune]

commission i finished last week! i feel so happy that i got commissioned to draw my blorbos 😭 commission for @gjollvangr on VGen :3 thank u so much bestie!

[the-collector-blog]

Updated Lycaon analysis 🌓🐺

(really good stuff under the cut, trust)

Lycaon's english VA (Will de Renzy-Martin) gave me some new/unique insight into his character. from an AMA reddit thread he made (post-1.7):

"His animalistic side is there bubbling below the surface - and it was more obvious when he was younger. I think before Jack took him in he was a wild animal, and from that time until now he has been learning to control that power, and use it for good. He has established a set of values (honour, grace, manners, kindness), and found something worth fighting for.

So I imagine I'm someone who's fundamentally angry, who doesn't trust themselves, but who has something/someone to fight his demons for... So if we're talking comic book characters then Bruce Banner is maybe the closest?"

so... lycaon really is sort of "angry" and wild deep down, and is trying hard to refine/control himself in his new lifestyle. and he does struggle with this.

I always struggled to understand the intent behind the VA's performance when interacting with hugo. and I understood why some people disliked it/found it offputting. but... I think I get it now. I can see the hidden depth that has simply not really been expanded upon thus far— this would fill in many gaps in understanding his character and behavior.

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1️⃣— it explains why he often sounds gruff with hugo. he's showing his true self, not concealed by years of refined facade.

he's not simply angry at hugo. this is his way of showing that concern; it's just how he is. and tbh, it's wild that he isn't MORE angry, given how aggravating hugo can be. 😭 it does show a limit to the anger and a sense of control. it's how we know he cares.

2️⃣— he isn't actually holier than thou— again, he also has his "inner demons". his eye glows a scary red when activating his power, he says "don't look straight at the moon", he'll "bite your throat out", etc lmao.

3️⃣— his over-the-top righteousness has a very specific cause. he listened to jack's every word, because that was the first time someone showed him a path of control and justice. he didn't want to go astray again.

jack was probably the first person who treated him like family and truly believed in him. put effort into helping him grow. lycaon literally mentions having no experience with blood relatives, growing up with no family... so of course, when he finally found that, he would want more than anything to keep it.

and as a wolf thiren, of course his instincts would be to be extremely loyal.

4️⃣— it also explains why he was so pressed when meeting hugo after the faked death. "what if I didn't understand your code, or just couldn't control my strength properly?!"

he didn't ask this for no reason— perhaps he was genuinely concerned that he'd lose his mental clarity/have his instincts take over.

and like... with regular enemies, lycaon has no problem fighting them or controlling his strength. i'm willing to bet that because it was hugo, he was unable to remain emotionally detached from the fight. ...hell, even the flashback lycaon gets in that moment... it reads entirely differently with this perspective.

perhaps he wasn't simply remembering jack's words because he believed hugo was displaying the very behavior jack warned about, but rather... seeing hugo act like that brought that deep emotional wound to the surface. his eye even flashes red to indicate this is an irrational/emotional thought (something coming from his "inner demons"):

in fact, i bet that that conversation was so devastating to him because seeing hugo go down a darker path was the scariest thing lycaon could imagine for him. like, it would be truly tragic if your partner in crime, the person closest to you, went down a path that would cause them so much pain.

"...I believe any path that makes you feel pain must be the wrong one."

i... god.

[kymeraka]

we (yes WE) are getting wrice content in season 2

[greyl1me]

What if Nice and Wreck joined FOMO instead of Treeman?

[zagreuskitsune]

tug of war

Day 3: Role Swap

[nubinublado]

"I wish they'd just let Nice be dead instead of making him suffer more by being ali-"

LIN LING IS NOW THE ONE UNDER SHANG DE'S THUMB AND NICE IS KEY TO HELPING LIN LING BREAK FROM THAT!

Because notice how Lin Ling is wearing an all white suit at the tournament instead of the black and white one he has in his promos.

He's on track to be Nice pt 2.

And who better to help him than the one who has seen the worse of Shang De, who's left literally broken by that man.

[zagreuskitsune]

my friend @istralius had this idea and I couldn't get it off my mind until I'd finished it, yes it's the Madagascar scene

maybe it's s bit too high effort for a meme oops lol

sectioned + aftermath below

honestly this whole thing made me think of how upset wreck would be when seeing him again and how quickly he'd crash out afterwards

neither of them deserved what happened to them :/

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[tempuri8]

A little fanart of X 💖

[gjollvangr]

Nice was inspired by Nina from Black Swan (2010)

This is my first post for the fandom and I really love Nice so why not talk about him!! I watched the movie “Black Swan” (2010) a few years ago so I’ll have to rely on my memory and the Wikipedia summary to see if I can explain myself right. A few points I’ll address are:

Black swan as a title

The protagonist’s portrayal

The tool to ascension

Their obsession with perfection and the road to insanity

Disclaimers:

I’m not gonna talk about the Swan Lake here, not in depth

I’m well aware that Aronofsky is obsessed with “Perfect Blue”, but I haven’t watched that movie, so I won’t talk about it as well

This will contain spoilers for both “Black swan” and “To be hero X”

“Black Swan” as a title:

It’s quite obvious that the movie used this title to refer to the black swan from the Swan Lake, but “black swan” as a phrase has a meaning too, this one being the following:

“An unpredictable or unforeseen event, typically one with extreme consequences.”

In the movie’s case, I personally think that the black swan moment was when the protagonist (Nina) got the lead role, as she was not supposed to get it until certain event happened and changed the director’s mind. It was unforeseen and the consequences were catastrophic for the protagonist.

In Nice’s case, it’s hard to pinpoint which one was his black swan moment. Was it the ruins event? Was it Smile’s death? Was it when he became a hero or when he jumped? It’s hard to know because Nice’s life is a complete tragedy, for these circumstances were all unexpected and had extreme consequences. If anything, I’d say it also was when he became Mr. Perfection: “Nice”.

The protagonist’s portrayal:

Black swan’s Nina is a young ballet dancer who is innocent, skilled and wishes to be perfect. While this innocence is perfect for the white swan (Odette), it also caused her to fail to embody the black swan (Odile). She failed and got disqualified, yet she’s full of determination and is also aware that this role was her chance to make a name for herself. Thus, instead of sulking and accepting defeat like anybody would, Nina approached the director to ask him to reconsider his decision.

A similar thing happened to Nice: he’s a good guy who is skilled and wishes to become a hero. Later on, as he’s assigned his hero persona, he became obsessed with perfection and getting into the top 10. Unlike Nina, he fails not once but several times, yet instead of giving up and accepting defeat he asks for a new chance over and over again.

These two characters embrace the corruption that their stubbornness brings. Giving up was an option at some point, yet it wasn’t what they wanted so, instead, they kept trying in hopes that everything would get better. Nina hoped she’d be the perfect Odette and Odile while Nice hoped he’d make it into the top 10 just in time. Did they foresee that the road ahead would be filled with despair and insanity? No, they didn’t.

It must be said that Nina’s ending is “gentler” than Nice’s. At the end, Nina loses her mother’s trust, her self-respect, her sanity and her life. In Nice’s case, he loses his self-confidence, his favorite hero, his morals, his possible lover and best friend, his life, and even his right to die.

See, the movie ends with Nina being assisted by the director as he asks everyone else to call for an ambulance, then we get a white screen and the credits roll. That’s it, that’s her ending, it’s up to the viewer to decide whether she’s saved or not.

Nice’s ending, however, is more tragic. The last chapter shows that he’s back, but he got cracks on his face, body, and there’s no light behind those eyes. Nice wanted to die, and even that courtesy was a luxury he could not afford.

The two of them were initially good people who had one dream, just like how the two of them were victims of both their own stubbornness and the system that was forced upon them.

The tool to ascension:

While it is true that Nice had Wreck and Nina had Lily, it is also true that the relationship between both pairs couldn't be more different.

Lily was a more experienced dancer and had the edge that Nina lacked. She was the best suited candidate for the role, but she lost it to the protagonist and was not happy about it. Did she try to get it back? Kind of. She accepted to become Nina’s replacement, yes, yet the role wasn’t a big deal to her. It’s a good role, sure, and the industry was competitive from the start, but she lacked the voracious ambition Nina had.

Moving on to their relationship, it can be said that it was tense enough to trigger Nina’s hallucinations, which ranged from seeing scratches on her back, to imagining she had sex with Lily, and then to imagining that she had killed Lily when in reality she had stabbed herself instead.

Anyway, as far as how the character was used, Lily was Nina’s rival and was used as a catalyst by the director to force Nina to ascension.

Wreck and Nice’s relationship was the total opposite; they had love and respect for each other and it was not their relationship that caused Nice to hallucinate. On the contrary, it was probably the only safe space he had in his cruel life.

They were rivals to the public, though. And even though they kind of enjoyed it, it’s undeniable that this scheme was done just so Nice could earn a space in the top 10.

Their obsession with perfection and their insanity being their downfall:

Nina wanted to be the perfect ballerina, which made her endure sexual harassment, hallucinations, and even made her perform with a shard of glass pierced in her abdomen. Her obsession with her work made her so violent that she even broke her own mother’s hand when they were arguing. Her violent tendencies did not stop there, as later on she hallucinated that she had murdered Lily after the director informed her that she was going to be replaced.

Nina did not get replaced, nonetheless. It was only at the end of the Odile act when Lily appeared to congratulate the protagonist for her excellent performance. That’s when the viewer finds out that the body Nina had hidden never existed to begin with, and that the person she had actually stabbed was no one else but herself. At the end, and deep in obsession, she agonized as she said that she had finally felt something and that it was perfect.

In Nice’s case, his obsession with perfection was born from the wishes of the people for him. He eventually developed OCD and started to hate chaos and mess, only allowing himself to handle everything perfectly. As viewers, though, we know that Nice messed up several times as his mental state worsened. He grew desperate, violent (ruins incident), and his breaking point was when he lost Smile. He idolized Smile as he was the reason why he wanted to become a hero in the first place. Although this incident deeply traumatized him, he endured. As a result, Nice only got more callous.

Nice’s fragile state of mind completely collapsed when Ahu killed that clone and some drops of the mess stained his body. His trauma from Smile’s death, OCD, and his obsession with cleanliness and perfection caused him to have a crisis in which he started to hallucinate that he was getting infected by fear. Afraid of dying just like Smile did, he sought help from Shang De, who only belittled him by telling Nice that he was lower than a dog. All of this along with his self-loathing caused him to have an identity crisis as well, which finally became the reason why he chose to end his life.

Final thoughts:

Having written this, I can’t help but feel like Nice’s fate will be even more tragic than that of Nina’s. It is sad to know, though, that only one of them got what they had always wanted.

Btw I forgot to mention their cracked faces:

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[the-real-nikki19]

a writing competition i was going to participate in again this year has announced that they now allow AI generated content to be submitted

their reasoning being that "we couldn't ban it even if we wanted to, every writer already uses it anyway"

"Every writer"?

come on

[rose-of-pollux]

Reblog if you're a writer who doesn't use AI.