stray-tori

she/her | 20↑ | i draw every blue moon and sometimes it even turns out nicely! fandoms: animated media, genshin, idv, link click, ...

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caterpillar

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Selling things online is actually crazy annoying.

Even if I do it for a limited time so it's not regular and doesn't require a license/registration, I theoretically still need to dox myself.

losing it.

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a little amused that the current pomni hat process is just drawing a bow on her and transforming it into a hat lol

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I think a lot about how people said that the parallel to Pomni falling in episode 2 made them think that Jax was gonna be saved and while the "it was so close" interpretation hurts too, I do think that it's not really about being saved as much as it is about human connection.

Pomni felt disconnected from the other circus members, she felt like she was going to be alone and abandoned and forgotten if she ever did abstract. The funeral showed her she wouldn't be and it was a moment that felt like genuine connection to the other circus members.

Jax had the same moment thanks to Pomni (and also probably would thanks to the others if she has any way of knowing what they did for her). She got a genuine moment of connection and that she wouldn't be alone and forgotten in her final moments.

Remember.

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First "he is not trans" comment unlocked on the post...... sigh.

I'll leave it up because someone already replied about gooseworx confirming it but if more comments show up I'm blocking and deleting them all.

(which will be annoying because Tumblr doesn't have a block+delete so either you block them and can't see their comment anymore or you delete the comment and can't go to their profile anymore to block them. Ingenious design)

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doodles while i watched the skyen stream

someday i will figure out pomni's stupid hat

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How does one open the notes view on the Tumblr app. Like if I'm on my post. And I want to see the list of likes or reblogs..... How.......

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Still still watching dragon striker. But posting comments in bulk this time. (Future Tori: finished dragon striker)

Key hates his fangirls that's crazy. I wonder if this'll be a "I was THIS annoying as a fan??" Moment pfft, that would be cool. (Nope. It was just poking fun at girls I guess, sigh)

Ep8: uhm. The fuck !! This went from slightly tense confrontation to catastrophy real quick.

EP9: I'm glad the show was aware that Noreen was being unhealthy to Key. I do wish the peace making with dragon took more than a single scene and single attempt.

Also once again: Football cannot be this serious. What is shadows banner even cooking bro why are they evil--

Like the others have psychopaths but at least I feel like the coaches are relatively Well-Adjusted.

ep10: never friggin mind!! I was fully expecting the Shadows coach to be volunteering for the experiment so he could fake losing his Tama. But I guess assuming the shadowy vines are the shadows faction is a bit too straight forward.... Very interesting.

"why is the door broken" key you dork (affectionate)

Also idk why Odward changed his mind about Key, it would've made sense if he was there for the fight where Key showed off his control but he wasn't--

Ep11: I had a bit of a O.O moment when they showed a skeleton spine missing the head like okay. Damn.

oh hey it's the gay scene I saw on twitter which is how I first heard about the sh- KISS????

hello referee the coach just yelled to take out the opposite striker for good???? Anyone!!!

Football cannot be this serious..........

Also the pacing towards the end felt kinda rushed, felt like they squeezed a lot in and really wanted the reveal in there too. Not a big problem but it didn't really feel like a season ending to me, even though idk what that's supposed to mean.

I grew quite attached to everyone and I love the designs and animation. Hope it'll be a success so we'll get more!!

I'm too tadc brained rn but hopefully I'll draw or edit some stuff eventually~

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Can glitch stop putting the designs I actually want on the BACK of hoodies?? What's the point!! I can't even see it and most people I talk to won't either unless I turn my back on them.

(is that the bit--)

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Genuinely the only thing I'd wanna change about Ep9 is removing pomnis monologues.

Because she's never been a narrator pov before and it feels weird.....

And esp the one before Jax abstracts is silly and makes her reason feel so reductive when leaving it open makes it MORE understandable tbh. Wdym you FORGOR. don't you mean, you JUST struggled to comfort people and letting them come to you and giving them space worked for them? Also you've got a lot to deal with too???

It's so much more than "I forgot" but if the show tells me it's this, it feels like they're shooting themselves in the foot. (I'm disproportionally upset about this)

As for the real people segment - imo, while this would've been worse for the theater release since you can't pause - I would have thought it'd have made sense if each character narrated their own for us, and for Jax it would either be silence for maximum impact or Pomni could do that one too.

Aside from that, I genuinely don't mind it and both the Jax mindscape sequence and Caine hacking his way to free WiFi were incredible sequences. The pacing is a little off and I wish we'd gotten more of the impact of the Brainscan reveal but I still loved the ending. It's not flawless, but idrc about the flaws atm.

Also gooseworx better drop that OST on music platforms because I'm STILL waiting for the music that plays during Pomni's trickshot in episode SIX !!!

Also the music in the hallway when Pomni shoots the lights is incredible. So that too.

I'm noticing a pattern. Music peak when gun involved.......

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Still watching dragon striker, finished Ep7.

I keep being surprised at how insanely well animated this is and I'm sad i had never heard of it or seen any promo!! I only heard about it because I follow dedicated animation news account.

Either way, football simply cannot be this serious !! /meme

Also hmm dragon turning around to charge at the mentor / mom friend? Idk if it went for her or for Key.... Did she do sth.....

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Watching dragon striker and bro why tf are all these kids psychopaths, why are Key and Ssyelle about to get crushed to death by the twins ToT

Edit: (end of episode) so okay. Like. Do they KNOW about whatevers up with the knights or are they just haters--

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Kinda wild EP9 thumbnail and title combo... I expected something like the movie posters, very very different vibe and i don't really... get it?

I'm not a two endings believer because we had the movie leak and episodes leak before so there ain't no way this wouldn't have been leaked lmao.

Like Remember I get, it comes back to the "it happened as long as you remember" thing (also Pomni).

But the thumbnail really throws me off. Idk it just... Doesn't fit in with the others and it's not what I would have expected.

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I think this episode gives more evidence to support that Caine said the truth about not having access to/control over their minds.

It stood out to me while watching that Ragatha is the only nightmare sequence that's explicably out-of-circus. Especially with Jax, I was a little surprised that it had nothing from out-of-circus. But that would make sense if Caine could only work with what they revealed during their time in the circus.

The only things being used to torment them are things that happened in the circus or people talked about in the circus, including Ragatha's mother. That's probably also why she just looks like a silhouette Ragatha. He doesn't know what she looks like.

He also said he created a program that creates their bodies based on their mind files, i.e. he's not doing it himself, probably because he couldn't.

It could also just be lore reveal pacing but it stands out to me that there's nothing here we (and by extension Caine) didn't know.

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Lmao !!! 💀

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must have been the wind

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the procrastinator’s mind will invent distractions you’ve never conceived of in order to avoid tasks even a dog could do.

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