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Sie sind wilkommen. Haben keine Angst oder so.

[sirshio]

Well, new pinned post.

- Shio

- 25+

- autistic + OCD

- they/them or he/him

- nb transmasc

My very active fandoms:

Kingdom come: deliverance 2 (😔✊️), Yuukoku no Moriarty/Moriarty the patriot, Milo Murphy's law, Romance Club novels

My side blog where's I'm rather salty and toxic about RC: @ramesses-my-beloved

Some NSFW is here.

[rcgame-thoughts]

Waterlily: Closet Poetry!

I might make this a series.

I noticed that Riley’s outfits and accessories were named after famous poems. I decided to research them and it’s actually pretty interesting!

EPISODE 10

Main Theme: Appearance vs Reality

The Outfits

1. The Lotos-Eaters (1832) by Alfred Tennyson

After years of wandering, Odysseus’s sailors arrive on an island where they eat the lotus flower, which causes them to lose all desire to return home. They become entranced by a peaceful existence and argue that life is full of suffering, so it is better to rest forever than continue struggling.

Themes: Escapism, weariness, the burden of duty, mortality.

Symbols: The lotus symbolizes temptation, forgetfulness, and the desire to escape reality.

Meaning: Tennyson explores the universal temptation to abandon responsibilities when life becomes overwhelming, while questioning whether peace gained through withdrawal is truly fulfilling.

2. A Cold Spring (1955) by Elizabeth Bishop

The speaker observes an unusually cold spring in which nature begins to awaken but remains subdued and uncertain. The landscape reflects both beauty and discomfort as life slowly emerges despite harsh conditions.

Themes: Nature, change, resilience, uncertainty.

Symbols: The delayed spring represents emotional hesitation and the unpredictability of renewal.

Meaning: Growth and renewal rarely happen smoothly. Beauty often exists alongside hardship, and patience is required for change to unfold.

3. My Last Duchess (1842) by Robert Browning

A powerful duke proudly shows a visitor a portrait of his deceased wife while negotiating a new marriage. As he speaks, he unintentionally reveals his controlling, jealous nature and hints that he ordered her death because she smiled too freely at others.

Themes: Power, jealousy, control, objectification of women.

Symbols: The portrait represents the duke’s desire to possess and control his wife completely.

Meaning: Browning demonstrates how pride and obsession with authority can corrupt a person’s morality. The poem is also a critique of patriarchal power.

4. Christabel (1816) by Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Christabel, a kind young woman, encounters the mysterious Geraldine, who claims she has been kidnapped. Christabel brings her home, but Geraldine displays increasingly strange and supernatural behavior, casting an unsettling influence over everyone around her. The unfinished poem leaves many questions unresolved.

Themes: Innocence versus evil, deception, the supernatural, vulnerability.

Symbols: Geraldine symbolizes hidden corruption and seductive evil, while Christabel represents innocence.

Meaning: Coleridge explores how appearances can conceal danger and how innocence may be manipulated by forces beyond ordinary understanding.

5. Symphony in Yellow (1889) by Oscar Wilde

The speaker paints a vivid picture of London using shades of yellow. Fog, leaves, the River Thames, and passing figures blend together like movements in a musical composition, emphasizing beauty over narrative.

Themes: Art, beauty, impressionism, urban life.

Symbols: The color yellow unifies the poem, transforming an ordinary city scene into a work of art.

Meaning: Wilde reflects the ideals of the Aesthetic Movement, suggesting that art exists primarily to create beauty and evoke emotion rather than to teach moral lessons.

The Accessories

1. The Sea and the Mirror (1944) by W. H. Auden

Inspired by The Tempest, Auden’s work imagines what happens after Shakespeare’s play ends. The characters reflect on love, art, identity, and the difference between illusion and reality as they return to ordinary life.

Themes: Art versus reality, identity, illusion, human imperfection.

Symbols: The sea represents uncertainty and life’s complexity, while the mirror symbolizes self-reflection and truth.

Meaning: Auden suggests that while art can reveal important truths, people must ultimately face the imperfect realities of everyday life.

2. Lamia (1820) by John Keats

Lamia, a magical serpent transformed into a beautiful woman, falls in love with the young Lycius. Their happiness is shattered when the philosopher Apollonius exposes Lamia’s true nature, causing her to disappear and Lycius to die of grief.

Themes: Love versus reason, illusion, beauty, imagination.

Symbols: Lamia represents beauty, desire, and imagination, while Apollonius symbolizes logic and rational thought.

Meaning: Keats explores whether cold reason can destroy the wonder and beauty that imagination brings to human life.

3. To a Butterfly (1807) by William Wordsworth

The speaker watches a butterfly and recalls childhood memories shared with his sister. The butterfly becomes a gentle reminder of innocence, nature, and the passage of time.

Themes: Memory, childhood, nature, nostalgia.

Symbols: The butterfly symbolizes innocence, beauty, and the fleeting nature of life.

Meaning: Wordsworth emphasizes the lasting emotional power of simple experiences in nature and the memories they create.

4. My Pretty Rose Tree (1794) by William Blake

A man rejects the offer of another beautiful flower because he already has a rose tree he loves. However, his possessiveness causes the rose tree to become jealous and distant, leaving both unhappy.

Themes: Jealousy, possessiveness, love, innocence and experience.

Symbols: The rose tree symbolizes a romantic relationship, while the flowers represent temptation and desire.

Meaning: Blake suggests that love can be damaged not only by temptation but also by suspicion, control, and possessiveness.

Common Themes:

Power of Perception: Each poem asks readers to look beyond first impressions.

Beauty mixed with darkness: Beautiful landscapes, portraits, seasons, or people often carry undertones of danger, sadness, or loss.

Transformation: Whether through art, nature, temptation, or the supernatural, each poem depicts a change in how reality is experienced or understood.

The relationship between beauty and human experience: They ask how people respond to love, memory, imagination, or art, and whether those experiences endure when confronted by reality.

[lifeafterpsychiatry]

Give me less "being kind requires zero effort" and more "being kind is worth the effort it takes."

[sirshio]

Being kind requires effort. Sometimes just a little bit, sometimes much. Being kind is a choice.

But it's worth it.

[sirshio]

A quick question!

Have someone figured out when Eli calls MC Birdie and when Button? I searched for it, but didn't find.

[sirshio]

I want to discuss achievements in RC. Honestly, most often I don't especially care about them. I collect the ones that don't make me change my comfortable reading, the only thing I can do for them is to reread an old story I already enjoy and would like to read again even without achievements.

But there are ones I dislike even despite I'm not going to move a single finger to collect them: achievements tied to LIs. Depending on their type, I find them boring or absolutely loathe them.

Boring: achievements for getting close relationship with one exact LI (for example, LOTW and MB have them - "Kazu's heart", "Max' heart", etc.). I find them just unimaginative.

Irritating: achievements for rereading a story with every single LI. Alice likes these achievements, Arcanum has one, for example. I think this is just cheap baiting for readings.

Ones I loathe: achievements that requiring cheating. ABH has one, for example, you have to romance all demon LIs from it and dump all of them. To my greatest chagrin and even disappointment, my favorite author Yim wasn't immune to this and included "Kissing cohort" (where you need to kiss several LIs at once) in CB. Since I'm painfully monoamorous and faithful both in real life and in games that include romance, I'm biased towards these achievements, but I hate them.

Before you may want to leave a comment: this is my PERSONAL opinion, I have absolutely nothing against authors who write these achievements or players who collecting them.

[apolladay]

Are you another animal?

No, I am as I appear.

Yes, I am another animal of the world.

Yes, I am something beyond this world.

No, I am a life outside the animal.

No, I am beyond.

Are you another animal?

No, I am as I appear.

Yes, I am another animal of the world.

No, I am a life outside the animal.

No, I am a life outside the animal.

No, I am beyond.

Remaining time: 2 days 1 hour

[strangeandrandompolls]

Who is your LEAST favourite Doctor Who actor?

Nine - Christopher Eccleston

Ten & Fourteen - David Tennant

Eleven - Matt Smith

Twelve - Peter Capaldi

Thirteen - Jodie Whittaker

Fifteen - Ncuti Gatwa

Results

Remaining time: 17 hours 55 minutes

[sirshio]

Heartbreaking news: there won't be new episodes of CB in the nearest update 💔💔💔💔

[saintsebastiensbf]

Emily Dickinson, The Selected Poems of Emily Dickinson

[takofukkatsumi]

Reblog this and tell me what was your biggest crying over a piece of fiction. You can be vague if you don't want to spoil.

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[takofukkatsumi]

tagged by @baldomerian ♡

LAST SONG: Yava by Babymetal

LAST MOVIE: Project Hail Mary... again 😅 3rd time? Though it was still in May, I have only watched shows through June I think

LAST SERIES: Critical Role if it counts lol. I spend my trips to and from work watching c2 slowly. Dr Stone if it doesn't

LAST VIDEO GAME: I'm watching bf play Gothic Remake! Can't say I'm too invested but it's not bad. As for myself the last thing I launched was Strange Antiquities - also I'll use this post to tell you Cat that I loved Strange Horticulture! The vibes are awesome and I liked how the plot went. Antiquities imo lost some charm when they went more 3d.

LAST THING I ATE: dinner with my fam! The very last one was my first melon of the year 🤤

Tagging @sirshio and any of the mutuals who want to answer!

[sirshio]

tagged by @takofukkatsumi ♡

LAST SONG: I doubt anyone here knows niche Russian rock bands, so I'll name "Wasuregataki" by Huwie Ishizaki. But if someone is curious, the real last song was "Граф" ([Graf], means "count") by NAGART.

LAST MOVIE: DreamWorks' "Megamind", I guess. Love this movie very much, one of my favorite.

LAST SERIES: Some mystical series for trad wives, my guilty pleasure :D and something normal - a Soviet series about Sherlock Holmes by Maslennikov.

LAST VIDEO GAME: Blue Prince! A perfect game for me who loves puzzles and hates any action in videogames. Thank Tako who recommended this game to me.

LAST THING I ATE: A plate of strawberries. Not a huge fan, but this is summer, I must eat as much fruit and berries as I can. Soon I will have fries with mushrooms 😋

(Bonus question from me) LAST BOOK I READ: "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy. He isn't one of my favorite writers (to be honest, I dislike him as a person and as a writer), but this novel is really good, I'm actually invested. Alexei Karenin is the best man, and Kitty is bi and has a crush on Anna.

Tagging @shmuel-ben-sarah-kcd2 (if you want it, my dear comrade, absolutely no pressure). My other mutuals can do it, too :)

[sirshio]

Thoughts on Waterlily second!

- despite I love Luna, her route seems to be one of "main" ones. She has more author's attention than other LIs (Tiffany, for example, who also is my route)

- Luna's intimate scene was pretty hot (though short, I hoped for a long one). But hot. I also appreciated how Luna told MC she is in a very vulnerable state and asked if she really wants it. Good detail!

- I like MC's little jealousy scene when she sees how Luna flirts with another girl 🤭

- and this flashback with MC's teenage poem about Luna was really good!

- I'm getting a little bit tired of how Tiffany and MC communicate (on her route). Don't get me wrong, I like this toxic flirt, but I want to have something else. In addition to this

- Declan and Fabian are funny when male routes are disabled 🤭 Fabian is a good friend, and Declan is a pathetic useless boy who can't even express his friendly feelings for MC (I like him)

- and plot becomes more and more interesting! I don't believe this is Declan who leaves all these notes, despite his actions are fishy. No, there's something else. And I want to know!

- I was a little bit disappointed that we couldn't matchmake Declan and Fabian :< maybe in next update...

So, I'm surprised how I got hooked with this story, but I did and I'm waiting for new episodes.

[sirshio]

My traditional series of posts about RC update :)

Thoughts on Code Blue first!

I remember I was planning to post some more scenes with Flint from the previous update. I will, just a little bit later ^^"

- no diamond romantic choices with Flint 💔💔💔 I waited for them so long... and everything I got was a small friendly scene with them and Mirabel and one tiny romantic option to compliment their voice :( But I still appreciate how Yim writes their route, for example, MC actually thinks about them without player's choices, just like here (my silly loverboy):

And in the same scene MC admires their grace and recalls how they kissed. Moreover, we actually can talk to Flint, I love to talk to them. So, to sum up, even despite I'm sad I couldn't kiss my beloved again, I'm not disappointed at all.

- as a therapist's child, I appreciate sessions with MC's therapist very much, it's so refreshing to read about mental issues, dealing with them and therapists' work from an author who really knows what they are writing!

- my Isaiah is my favorite MC from all RC stories ♡♡♡ I love my boy very much 🥺

- it was a pleasure to see Mirabel, she's so sweet! Look at her! I hope we will have more scenes with her, I want to befriend her!

Can't understand why so many people think that LIs in CB are "not attractive". Have you seen Flint, you dumbasses?! For me, even "support cast" (like Mirabel, Mona, dr. Cool etc.) are very attractive!

- appreciated time with Kevin, he acts like a real kid, what is not so often in media

- movie night with Gail was funny 🤭

- liked that we could help Keiran :) she is a nice person

- I love so much that character in RC act like, well, people. With their own weaknesses, issues and so on, no one is perfect, just like in real life. It's amazingly refreshing, I appreciate it so very much.

- that flashback about Annette and her suicide attempt hit hard 💔 my poor Isaiah, I want to hig him and wrap into a warm blanket :<

So, this story is still my very favorite, I already can't wait to read more episodes (PLEASE LET ME BE ROMANTIC WITH FLINT AAAAARGHHH)!

[apolladay]

Do you know how to code?

* yes, I know how to code in multiple languages

* yes, I know how to code in multiple languages

* no, I don’t know how to code but I do know how to work complex programs like Access

* no, I don’t know how to code at all

* it’s complicated

* see results

Do you know how to code?

yes, I know how to code in multiple languages

no, I don’t know how to code but I do know how to work complex programs

no, I don’t know how to code at all

it's complicated

see results

Voting ended onJun 29

[stood-onthecliffside]

how do you listen to music (most of the time)?

streaming services (spotify, apple, amazon, youtube et al)

physical media (cds, cassettes, vinyls)

ipod / jukebox et al

mix of these

not a music listener

nuance / others

Voting ended onJun 21

[apolladay]

what underrepresented Thing in a Teenager/Young adult drama about relationships you would like ser ?

. The main trio is totally non romantic, even they have 2 boys and a Girl

. A bisexual love triangle

what underrepresented Thing in a Teenager/Young adult drama about relationships would you like to see ?

The main trio is totally non romantic, even they have 2 boys and a Girl

A bisexual love triangle

Results

Voting ended onJun 17