in honor of the revelation that jreg has tumblr, i have decided to make a blog where we can all be parasocial freaks and try to talk to him through the screen! isnāt that fun?
so send me.. anything idk. questions, comments, concerns. heāll definitely never answer you, but thatās okay, we know he sees us in spirit š
jreg father figure yearner since 2019, I encourage and warn this behaviour, don't DM, bad spiral, did it for the first time in a year, not good, don't get attached to videos before your time of watching ok?!!! bye ā¤ļø
yes guys please donāt dm jreg, tell me what you want to say instead
Sometimes I donāt know if I hope that jreg sees my blog or if I hope that he NEVER EVER sees my blog. And if he somehow does, hello mister jreg. I am very normal about Ansyn. Goodbye mister jreg
mister jreg needs to acknowledge the cries for more centricide content
Iām about to jump right into this, but before I get started, I just want to say that this has been done out of sheer interest and way too much free time.
Also, spoilers for the most recent installment of Roseicide. Youāve been warned.
Proceed under the cut for my findings, Roseilings.Ā
Before we address symptoms or descriptions of this illness at all, itās very important to note the specifics of what it has been called. This entire time, the thing that has been infecting our beloved political ideologies has been referred to as a virus. Thus, I will only be looking at viruses, due to wanting to remain as accurate as possible to in-source descriptions.Ā
Now, we can get to the bottom of this shit.Ā
The first major thing that I noted going back through the comic was how the virus was formed to begin with. Sure, Posadist added silly things like glitter and rose petals, but something that stood out to me was the use of Ancap/Pinkcapās blood. This would usually point towards one thingāa bloodborne virus. But, that is not the only possibility weāre working with.
Yes, bloodborne viruses are obviously present in the bloodstream, but there are other types of viruses where infection is still found in the blood during illness. This includes certain respiratory and airborne viruses, vector-borne viruses, and gastrointestinal viruses.
Due to no evidence that this virus has spread via insects, I will be eliminating vector-borne as a possibility. Iāll also be taking off gastrointestinal viruses, for⦠obvious reasons.
Itās most likely that weāre working with a virus that is airborne with infection in the bloodstream as well. It must have some sort of airborne quality due to the way that AnNil and Mutualist caught the virus.
As far as we are told, they were not shot or injured. They are also not visibly hurt in the panel theyāre shown in. Rather, Mutualist says āWe took a wrong turn, and ended up in the authright quadrant. The whole area was already infected with the illness, so we ran away. [...] But then AnNil just⦠He went lightheaded and collapsed.ā This tells us that the virus can be caught due to general exposure to sick individuals, and not just by being shot or forced to drink the pink liquid.
Now that we have identified the way the virus spreads (blood, air, and spitāthe last one because of Blueman chewing on the bullets to infect them), itās good to look at symptoms.Ā
As Iāve already noted thanks to Mutualist and AnNil, lightheadedness and weakness seem to be a symptom. We can also note obvious deliriousness, changes in personality, and changes in speaking patterns.
Iām noting fever as a possibility due to physical changes in bodily color, as running a fever can cause you to go red/flushed.Ā
The most telling symptom-based information weāve gained so far has been from Capcom, though. In the most recent update, he goes into great detail about how the virus affects the body and mind to Ancom.
The first thing he says is that it āfeels like goo swirled in with little maggots picking at your brain.ā He goes on to clarify that itās not painful, just not enjoyable either. I would equate this feeling in real life to running an incredibly high fever. This is due to the fact that high fevers can cause tissue destruction in the brain, which can literally cause a feeling mimicking bugs crawling around in your head for some.Ā
He describes how the āreal youā has to fight for control over your body, lest you want to become braindead. I would again equate this to tissue destruction and brain damage eating at their minds, causing them to have to fight to stay lucid. This is supported by the fact that he says ālosingā this war would cause someone to become brain dead.
Iām also noting here that he talks about this virus happening in stages.
Skimming through everything, these were the most notable symptoms that I could uncover. So here comes the part everybody has been waiting for! What virus are our beloveds infected with?Ā
Drum roll pleaseeee!!!
EBOLA VIRUS!!!Ā
Letās break this virus down. It is typically spread through blood, saliva, and bodily fluids. While it is not usually airborne in nature, it has been discovered by scientists that it can be infectious via small-particle aerosols (liquid drops floating in the air) when artificially generated in laboratory settings! Which lines up with our pink virus being created in a lab by Posadist, who would absolutely pull some shit like that.
Ebola matches the symptoms of high fever, severe weakness, and tissue damage, and then the progression into confusion, agitation, and delirium in later stages/when left untreated; It is also known to cause red or bloodshot eyes, red skin rash, and a flushed appearance.
While Ebola doesnāt cause you traditionally to go ābrain dead,ā it does cause similar symptoms. Left untreated, it can cause delirium, seizures, brain inflammation, and deep comas before your body shuts down entirely. Even patients who recover can suffer from life-long memory problems, severe migraines, sleeping abnormalities, and tremors associated with the brain damage the virus causes.Ā
Ebola also develops in stages, just as the virus we see in Roseicide does and is described to do.Ā
Soo, while Iām not saying this is canon in any regard, I think Ebola is the closest thing to a real life replica of the Roseicide Virus weāre going to get, which I vote we dub either the Pink Virus or the Rose Virus (the second of which has more of a ring to it).
I hope you enjoyed my autism. I was so proud of myself when I cracked this code LMAO. Also I didn't proof read this and was writing it all as I was researching, so fuck me if any of it is disorganized.
i find people calling jreg dad/papa/etc. really funny because bro is NOT fatherly at ALL šš like at least pjo's "uncle rick" is somewhat like a gay-supportive uncle figure. jreg is just a loser š„¹ /lh