This is my new blog for otome stuff - I don’t want it to take over my other one completely :) I’ll be slowly shifting everything from my Obey Me blog to here ( @wrathandgreed if anyone knows me). I’ll be re-adding people from there.
Current otome obsessions:
Obey Me!
A3! (I know it’s not an otome, but making another blog just for A3 seems a bit much!)
Bu$tafellows
AfterL!fe (also not an otome, and sadly gone, but still obsessed!)
Tears of Themis
General Otome games (C:R, CxM, Cafe Enchante, Amnesia, Taisho x Alice, etc)
Mostly, this is a place to store and catalog stuff I find that I’m interested in. Expect a HUGE flood of stuff soon as I transfer stuff from my other blog’s “likes” list, as well as everything I’ve saved on my OM side.
However, I’m also interested in writing now and again, so hit me up if you’re bored and have an idea on one of the above games!!
I felt that, you felt that, your neighbor felt that
And this is part of why K-pop Demon Hunters is so healing: it is recognizing that someone saying 'I tried' or 'I made a promise' isn't enough if they don't accept you fully and it doesn't matter who they are in your life. You deserve love that is freely given and accepts all of your complexities
My husband - my 47-year-old husband, who was shamed by his father for having long hair, who got told he was a f-slur for loving art and being empathetic, who’s never told any member of his family that he’s bi, was BAWLING at this scene. It hit him so fucking hard.
Yeah i have to do my best to not think about all the bad people in the world who have dogs. Also I will never blame a dog for acting out, I only blame the owner who failed them...sorry I love dogs. More than most people if I were to be honest.
oh it's 100% on owners to understand their dogs and accomodate their needs, and i find it wildly frustrating when they don't
My dog is a shithead. I got him 14 years ago from the shelter and tried, very hard, to socialize him. Dog parks, one-on-one meetings, with and without trainers at my side. He’s 100% completely unpredictable - sometimes he’ll sniff a dog and walk way, but most of the time he’ll go from ‘cautious’ to ‘lunge and bite the other dog’s face’. (That last one was with a trainer keeping an eagle eye - she couldn’t stop him either.) He’s never drawn blood, I think he’s trying to make sure no one attacks him first.
So he’s leashed outside the house, unless he’s in our fenced backyard. He’s muzzled at the vet. The groomers take 6-8 hours to groom him because they won’t muzzle him (liability over long periods of time) so they work on him for a bit, then leave him alone. And we never, ever, ever bring him in contact with other dogs if we can help it. Period. I wouldn’t ever want someone else’s dog to be hurt because mine’s an asshole.
Imagine you grow up to be a weapon to God except you’re crazy smart and then God can’t fix your dying sister but God Can Do Anything so you realize god is just another kid like you. but you’re healthy and strong and god is sickly and weak so you start trying to free god because in the end you were raised to protect god. Your dad is a corrupt cop and your mom is yakuza but you’re so smart that you are unweaving yourself from cult tactics and from the cult and you learn underground training and how to hurt people and take jobs that aren’t meant for normal people and you learn how to manipulate people from your weird friend and you still see yourself as just a weapon. a weapon who can do anything and you’re too loud and too big for your body and too loud for everyone around you and you love so so deeply but you don’t feel like people love you (god pushed you away) (your only friend for many years pushed you away) (for your sake but he still pushed you away) so you smile really big and piss people off on purpose and put yourself in a solo role so you can latch onto everyone but never Be anyone’s. everyone has a partner! a group! a team! but not you! ^_^ You get disowned you get forced out of your home country you become a mercenary with a 16 year old who you know shouldn’t be in this life either because he’s so young (you are 19) so you keep trying to sabotage the only “partnership” you have ever had. You set your sights on becoming the one thing you’ll never be able to become
and ☝️ you sing stupid songs on stage with a cowboy hat on.
thinking about simeon again.. he is so much more complex and tragic and interesting than the sweet innocent uwu angel that some of the fandom portrays him as
simeon writing tsl to cope with the terrible things he’s seen about the future and can’t tell anyone
simeon obeying the celestial realm only out of fear and obligation, not because he has any real faith in what it stands for
simeon, who would do anything for the brothers, but who will never be considered a core member of the family because he was too afraid to rebel with them
simeon, who would sooner blame himself for the brothers’ rebellion than the system they were all trapped in (as if him simply talking to lucifer the day before the war would have eased the resentment that had been building up inside him for a long time before that), who would rather feel guilty than accept the alternative, that there was nothing he could have done to save them
simeon’s initial dislike of diavolo because he still holds onto the hope that things could change, which simeon dismisses as naive, and probably also because he’s a repackaged version of celestial realm leadership: never lies but doesn’t say the whole truth, friendly and arguably well-intentioned but more manipulative and controlling than he wants people to think
simeon purposefully being as indirect of a teacher as possible to luke because he can’t directly badmouth the celestial realm but wants luke to learn to think for himself instead of absorbing an ideology and never questioning it until he realizes too late how much harm it’s done to himself and others
simeon’s quiet defiance of the celestial realm, more of a resignation than a rebellion because he knows firsthand from watching the brothers the futility of trying to fight an entity like that
simeon accepting his punishment so casually since he’s seen it coming for a long time and has grown numb to the anxiety it gives him (and maybe, he thinks, it’s even what’s best for him, because part of him still wants to believe the celestial realm has good intentions)
human simeon trying to convince himself that he’s better off this way, that he’s free from the celestial realm’s control now, but still feeling deep down that this is actually more isolating and a worse punishment than becoming a demon because most of his loved ones live in the devildom, not the human world
human simeon hiding his depression because he doesn’t want to disappoint anyone, especially luke. simeon hiding his humanity because he’s not ready to see himself differently and doesn’t want other people to perceive him differently either, trying to fake it til he makes it by wearing different clothes but not feeling like himself in them
human simeon silently wishing mc would spend more time with him because this transition is scary—how does mc live like this? why did they seem to just abandon him after he confessed that he was a human? do they really accept him like this or are they just saying that?
i imagine human simeon having a private breakdown over something minor like not being able to open a jar of spaghetti sauce, because if he was already weak as an angel, he’s even more so now. his whole life he was told his sole purpose is to help others, and now he can’t even help himself
simeon knowing the whole time that he was going to lose his wings someday but still not being ready for it when it happened
A3! Magazine Interview Translation - B’s-LOG March 2024 [Cover Boys Interview]
The true faces of today’s flourishing young actors
This month’s cover features Hyodo Kumon & Izumida Azami.
Azami didn’t have any particular school he wanted to go to. So when Kumon invited over him to Tsukushi High School, the two became senior and junior.
The two of them show close they are by walking to and from school and eating lunch on the rooftop together.
We bring you a newly written interview that provides a closer glimpse of their true faces.
*Please read disclaimer on blog
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Q: Do you have anything that’s been important to you since childhood?
Kumon: Since childhood, huh~? Ah! I thought of something!
Azami: What is it?
Kumon: A home run ball from my favourite baseball player! One day when I was little, I was watching a game at the stadium. While I was cheering as hard as I could, it flew right by me and I caught it.
Azami: Oh, that’s pretty amazin’. That’s not something you can get no matter how many times you go.
Kumon: Exactly! Do you have anything like that, Azami?
Azami: I’ve… always had a cheek brush with me. It’s kinda like my good luck charm.
Kumon: Ooh, right. I know which one you’re talking about!
Azami: Yeah, I’ve used it on you before.
Q: Would you rather be called “cool” or “cute”?
Kumon: I’d definitely be happier being called cool! You’re the same right, Azami!?
Azami: If it’s between those two choices, then I guess it doesn’t really matter what you call me. But I don’t like it when people call me cute to tease me. I hope they'll quit doing that.
Kumon: Now that you mention it, Azuma-san calls you cute every now and then, right?
Like it’s so cute and innocent how you immediately get embarrassed whenever you talk about love.
Azami: That’s why I keep tellin’ him to quit it.
Kumon: That doesn’t make you happy?
Azami: Azuma-san is totally just makin’ fun of me.
Kumon: Eh~? I don’t think he’s teasing you though. I think he genuinely means it.
Q: Tell us the truth. Are you actually a scaredy-cat?
Azami: Nah, not really.
Kumon: Me neither! Actually, Azami and I went to a haunted house together the other day!
Azami: Right, Kumon said he wanted to go to one outta nowhere.
Kumon: I thought it’d be interesting so I invited Azami and we went right away. That haunted house was loads of fun!
Azami: Well. I guess I’m glad I went since I could use their makeup as reference.
Kumon: Maybe I’ll go with Summer troupe next time!? Ah, I wonder if they’d come though…
Azami: It wouldn’t hurt to try invitin’ them. …I can’t say for sure that all the members would go though.
Q: How would you confess? In-person, by phone, or by LIME?
Azami: H-HUH!? Who the hell would answer that!!
Kumon: It’s fine, it’s fiiine! By the way, I’d do it face-to-face for sure! I’d like to see their face as I tell them and make sure I'm getting my feelings across properly.
Azami: …I see.
Kumon: C’mon, Azami. How about you?
Azami: I’m not gonna say. Lay off me! Get to the next question already!
Kumon: I sure wonder when we’re gonna get to hear Azami talk about this stuff~.
Q: When you’re on a date… would you hold hands, link arms, or do something else?
Azami: Another question like this? You gotta be kidding me!
Kumon: Now, now. Chill out, Azami! Considering the distance with my girlfriend… I guess I’d like to hold hands. But I bet both are out for Azami! So for him, it’d be “something else”?
Azami: Hey, why’re you answering for me without askin’?
Kumon: I knew you wouldn’t answer so I figured I’d say something for you!
Azami: This isn’t somethin’ you talk about with other people!
Kumon: You weren’t saying anything though. You gotta give an answer here!
For the Azami in my mind, I don't think he’d be interested in doing PDA outside—or rather, I don’t think he’d be able to do it in the first place… Ah, you see, Azami’s a serious guy! But I’m sure there’s someone out there who’ll say they like that about you!
Azami: Uh, why am I being encouraged right now…?
Kumon:: Anywho, what do you really think? Did my answer hit it out of the park?
Something else I don't get about TWST. Why AREN'T Vil and Neige stepbrothers?
The Evil Queen was Snow White's stepmother in the movie. She was even her mother in some versions of the fairytale. That tie would make a lot of sense. Since Vil is 18 and living in the modern day, them being stepbrothers would be the more logical choice.
Them being stepbrothers would also give them a stronger connection in the narrative. As is, they hardly ever interact. What little is there is all tell, and no show. Unlike you, while I love Vil, I have to admit that he's a highly biased in regards to Neige. By making them stepsiblings, it would explain why he doesn't like him very much outside of finding him annoying and creative envy. Being forced to be family with someone you don't like would be very hard. Being constantly compared to your stepbrother would make that even harder. This change would naturally give Neige more screentime and interactions with Vil to actually show what their dynamic is like.
If Neige's mother was a wicked one like the actual Evil Queen in the fairytale, it could give Vil more motivation to one up him in the competition and make him and Neige more sympathetic. If that were the case, then Vil could be taking out his frustrations on Neige out of misplaced anger when he should be targeting the stepmother. It would also be a way to give Neige a sympathetic past without it seeming like it comes straight the fuck outta nowhere. I always felt like the canon explanation for Neige does the opposite. It seems like something that Yana made up on the spot, since it wasn't hinted at before Rook off handly mentioned it in Book 6 before moving on to the actual plot. Whereas if they were stepbrothers from the start, then they would've always had that tie.
Idk, that's just me.
I love the number of small changes we can make to fix Vil's character. It's so easy.
Same picture as the last ask, as I believe this is the same anon.
If we combine this with your last ask we get something like Vil and Neige having a petty fae mother who took one look at her older baby and said "I can do better" and went off and had another with a different man and doesn't treat either of them nicely, but clearly favors the latter for some fae reason.
Now it sounds a little silly when I say it like that, but this is legitimately a better foundation for Vil's character than whatever the game has going for him.
Headcanon accepted.
Vil is part fae and Neige is his half-fae half-brother.
Let's go.
Write those fics.
I will read them. . .
. . . and judge your grammar.
Thank you for your take!
I really hope this didn't come across as sarcastic. It may read as silly and informal, but I am genuinely invested in these ideas. I like them a lot and I appreciate you for sharing them.
We can do it, people. We can make Vil a good character! (Now erase whatever connection he has to Jack and we'll really be rolling.)
Little girl was part of a county fair agro-educational program where they raise an animal for a few months and at the end it’s slaughtered. Supposed to teach them about the economics of farming and stuff.
But the little girl loved her goat so much she was crying on the day her goat was supposed to be taken away, so her mom sent the county fair people an email saying “I’ll pay for the goat and any expenses. We’ve had several deaths in the family in the past year, I don’t wanna take away one more thing my little girl loves.” Technically the goat had already been sold at auction, so the mom was on the hook for about $1000, only about $70 of which would have been profit for the county fair.
The county fair people were irate and got law enforcement involved, over this “breach of contract”. They literally got a fucking judge to sign a search warrant, authorizing them to go to this little girl’s house and search every room and every cabinet or box “large enough to contain a small goat”. The sheriff’s deputies seized the goat, and whoever they gave it to immediately slaughtered it, though they were supposed to wait until some kind of agreement had been worked out.
In the county fair’s initial email correspondence with the girl’s mother, they made it clear that they were pissed off because the story of the little girl who loved her goat was circulating on social media making them look bad, and they felt the girl needed to be taught a lesson about keeping your promises or whatever. So they refused the mother’s offer to pay for it, and insisted they get the goat. Even if it meant sending the fucking cops into her house lmao.
the congressman who bought the goat didn’t have any objections to the family saving the goat from slaughter either! it’s fucking insane that the cops were so eager to play act their swat commando fantasies that they played stooge to the benefit of no one except some self important local organizers!
Alternate link, LAtimes locks their stuff behind paywalls sometimes
Don’t forget the part where the goat wasn’t where they had a warrant to search, so they drove 500 miles, leaving the area they have legal jurisdiction in, then searched a farm they didn’t have a warrant for ans seized the goat. The fair then had the goat slaughtered, even though a court had ordered them to keep it alive until ownership was resolved and despite the fact that both potential owners of the goat had decided to keep it alive.
They broke multiple laws in order to “teach” a little girl the “lesson” that “everybody has to follow the rules”.
I sure hope all of the complaints sent to Shasta District Fair CEO Melanie Silva, whose decisions these were and continues to defend her actions, are polite and don’t waste too much ink. I’m certain nobody would take advantage of the fact that the Sasha District Fair and Event Center’s contact page lists their phone and fax numbers, not to mention the email form below that.
I found the lawsuit filing. It is a work of art, brief and to the point. If you read nothing else, check out page 2, the section headed Nature of the Action. Magnificent.
One of the things that bugs me in the notes is a bunch of people being like 'it's a livestock animal, it's her fault for getting attached' and.
My dudes, I cannot emphasize enough that the little girl's emotional attachment to the goat is in fact the least of the issues with this story. The main issue in this story is the fact that a bunch of cops broke multiple laws, including the unlawful entry to the property the goat was being held, the unlawful seizure and destruction of said goat, and the unlawful use of a criminal search warrant in a civil dispute case, just to start with.
The little girl owned the goat. At no point in the proceedings - and indeed at no point in the proceedings in the course of the normal auction-purchase-slaughter of a livestock animal in this program - did the fair own the goat. At no point in the proceedings did the person who successfully bid on the goat actually own it - he had made the winning bid to purchase rights to the meat. He hadn't even done that yet! The goat legally and incontrovertibly belonged to the little girl. The very worst that should have happened in this story is a brief property ownership dispute in a civil court.
The fair CEO decided to unlawfully force the auction of the goat, and, when the girl's mother began to dispute her actions, to make a false claim of theft, with precisely ZERO legal basis, calling the cops on an already emotionally fragile child, and then had the temerity to be angry with the child's mother because the story was making them look bad on social media.
Regardless of your opinion on the meat industry, livestock slaughter, or 4H, 'cops drive 500 miles, perform an illegal search, seizure and destruction of an American citizen's property, on the word of a biased 3rd party with zero legal rights to the property in question' should make you angry. Because it is a violation of civil rights, and also had no motive besides needless cruelty to an already grieving child.
News to know: The next court update on this is sometime in October 2024. I'm watching this case because it covers a lot of different facets of how contracts work, minors rights, property rights in the face of law enforcement seizures and searches, and how does one county fair have so much brutality to wield against a then-nine-year-old.
I would not be surprised if this gets bogged down again with more counter-suits. It's absolutely ghoulish that they're doing all this over less than 1000$ of goat and one little girls grief. I hope that the judge who sees this case knows just how dangerous it is to dismiss, since this is a matter of third-party property rights infringement using law enforcement agents as bludgeons. The Sheriffs *cannot* be allowed to maintain extrajudicial authority.
