#barel.txt

[rogerbarel]

Tbh I really hate "brainrot" as a term. It was kinda funny as a term for absurdist funsies for a while, but then we got to unironic "[insert thing] rots your brain! For real!" Oftentimes this is based on Christian pseudoscience (hello, porn discourse) or just a way to insult someone for having tastes and hobbies you dislike (or engaging in the same hobby as you but in a less self-aware, detached way) but even when it involves genuine cognitive decline or slowness after using certain things, I dislike it.

The imagery is so damn cynical and imo misleading. Maybe it's not that deep, but it bugs me! Things don't un-rot, but you can always form new neural pathways! No one is doomed to be a zombie NPC because they used the wrong app too much for too long. I think simplifying things to "rot" is unhelpful because it just gets used as a shorthand for "get stupider" or "lose moral fiber" when the conversation about what you do online, how often you do it, and what you do offline encompasses a lot more than just "website bad, get off website" (even if in some cases some people really do need to get off that damn webbed site).

I'm a boomer who doesn't always adapt well to new online lingo but on top of that I'm trying to hopemax and this doesn't help.

[rogerbarel]

You see, Harry x Liam is perfect, but Liam x Ring is also too cute to handle, but then there's Roger x Ring for the puppy training and super sexy experience gap, but of course Roger x Alfons is off-the-charts horny with immense angst potential, but Alfons x Elbert is basically canon, but oh oh oh it'd be so cute to see Ellis x Elbert because Ellis would want him to be so so so happy and I think THAT is something Elbert would come to find beautiful and it's a gorgeous trainwreck in the making (as is Ellis x Liam for similar reasons), but Jude x Ellis is a no-brainer because it's a delight to see all the subtle ways Jude is soft on El, but Jude x Victor is so fucking funny, as is Jude x Will, but Will x Victor is so elegant and also tragic and has all the history, but ohhhhhh how could I forget my BELOVED Victor x Harry?! 😭

[rogerbarel]

I think the only way you could make me interested in Darius is to have Kate put him through extreme domination loss until he's a crying, sniveling mess. He wants to assault her? Uno Reverse card, bastard.

Tragically, it's never going to happen. But I assure you I will be dreaming of it through the entirety of his route in a year or so. It's probably gonna be the only thing getting me through tbh. (He's fine, just severely not my type!)

[rogerbarel]

I love that we have light trio for three of the four main cards for Big *HERO* 6 AND THEN THERE'S FUCKING JADE LEECH.

[rogerbarel]

Since they never specify anything beyond a corset and "undergarments," what's the IkeVil underwear situation in your mind palace (for the suitors, Kate, and/or your OC/insert)? As close to historical accuracy as possible despite the tight pants? Totally modern, fuck the anachronisms we love boxers in this house? Some vibes-based amalgamation of both to go along with the weird anachronistic fashion of the game itself? All the dudes commando since their undergarments, much like their poor balls, never get mentioned?

[rogerbarel]

There's a tierlist of how attractive the TWST boys would be considered in-universe floating around Twitter rn, and no disrespect to OP, but I just refuse to believe Jack would be considered "average."

Maybe as bishonen game players we forget this, but "normies" (I can't think of a better word for this rn, sorry for letting my Idia show) love a man who is 6'2" and BUILT! Jack was in my mom's top three TWST boys when I showed them to her! If he pursued sports professionally, he'd be the subject of so many "I love my husband, but if Jack Howl called..."-type memes on FB! And the sports RPF writers would be all over him! His thighs would be inescapable on gay Tumblr!!!

[rogerbarel]

Next anniversary, I hope they pair up Will and Roger and call them "Team Do Whatever the Fuck You Want Forever."

[rogerbarel]

❤️ Has taken it up the ass. Would gladly do so again. - Will, Liam, Alfons

🧡 Might not have done so before (definitely not so in Ellis's case) but is enthusiastic about the prospect. No reservations here. - Victor, Ellis

💛 Curious about this whole shebang but he'd be lying if he said he wasn't a teensy bit apprehensive. - Elbert, Roger

💚 Trying to seem less excited than he is about the prospect. - Harry

💙 My brain says no but my heart says yes. - Jude (would like to see him power bottom tho), Nica (I know people will make assumptions because he's flamboyant but the way he talks about men gives "don't lump me in with that sodomite [Alfons]"), Darius

💜 I'm not sure the poor boy knew you could put a dick ANYWHERE before two weeks ago. You're going to give him a heart attack. - Ring

🩷 Idk man they literally just got here but y'know when all you've got is a strap on, every man looks like a bottom. - Euren, Zane... What the fuck is this man's name. Mr. Lightbulb. Mephistophitties. ........... Fuck. Yeah, I really don't remember.