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onthecrosslook

back on my bullshit . is anyone still here

faith-seed

silver lake campgrounds - 7am

lulu2992

Here's an angsty-ish idea that I haven't seen any fics dabble in: the deputy having the appearance (face, eyes, hair, etc) and voice of the Seed brothers birth mother. Like obviously not actually HER (I find it unlikely she's even alive, much like Old Man Seed), but a kind of spitting image of her from their childhood (if younger-ish, or not, it doesn't really matter), and the Seed bros just having to process that upon seeing this deputy at the arrest (well, mostly Joseph and maybe Jacob, since John was probably too young to remember her, and had more prominent maternal figures from his foster care years... like with Mrs Duncan).

I do feel there's this untapped, untouched... something there (or if there has been talks of it, most of it is very misunderstood thanks to Ubisoft's inconsistency with their own lore and characters), especially with Joseph's relationship with the maternal presence. Like we know very little about Mrs Seed, cause the more prominent influence in the Seed Bros lives was their father (as seems to be the pattern from the antagonists before & after them), and the best we get of her is, if I'm correct, Joseph in The Book of Joseph describing her as "like a ghost", kind of "barely there" y'know? (Nothing about if she was apart of Old Man Seed's abuse, though I can see it being implied she was a victim of it too).

And we can also discern from that one Greg Bryk comicon(?) speaking panel that Joseph kind of still yearns for this "maternal aspect", that "feminine, mother earth energy" in his life, which is probably apart of the conception of the Faith role, even though Faith seems more to be kind of a mix of other prominent feminine roles that he's lost in his life (wife and daughter), turned into another role he's never had in his life (sister).

I don't know... the idea of Joseph (and maybe his brothers, but let's give Joseph some spotlight here) always associating his mother as this distant, far-off memory, that he kind of yearns for (but not as much as the other prominent presences he's lost), but isn't something that necessarily rules his life (like the physical abuse from his father and the mission from who he perceives to be the ultimate father, God/the Voice). And then, on the day (a very important day) that he's been anticipating for decades, preparing for, readying himself to face, and when he turns around to finally see the person, the Hell that would follow the Whitehorse, who he knows is more than capable of taking away his family from him if their sins got the best of them (am I referring to the dep or his siblings here? ...does it really matter?).

And he does turn around as the Sheriff and Marshal part and comes face to face with... not a stranger. A familiar face, with familiar eyes and hair and nose and all those details that he thought lost to a distant dream, now here in the flesh. His mother, no longer a flittering and absent ghost, but a living corpse that's found its way from his past to here and now. Except he reasonably knows it can't be his mother but oh does she look like her. And sound like her too, barely a difference from a voice he's rarely heard but can vividly remember. What is God's plan here? What is He trying to tell him? This can't be some play of a cruel joke, right? (personally, I think the Voice isn't above playing a cruel joke on Joseph... look what happens to his family despite him being shown visions of them alive in the New Eden with him, a dangling carrot to lift Joseph's hopes up so it would be made all the more sweeter to crush).

I find this a very intriguing idea. Like we as a fandom have visualized how we think the Seeds would be with a romantic partner or raising their potential child (and in Joseph's case, seen how he treated his inexplicable existing son conceived through divine conception courtesy of the Voice, that trolling bastard) or an additional sibling figure. So I thought: why not make this forced family dynamic towards the deputy even messier for the Seed Bros, y'know? (can't really include Faith here since Mrs Seed isn't her birth mom, but I'd still like to hear your thoughts on how you think she'd look at the situation from a kind of non-personal, outsider-perspective... which is kind of sadder now that I think about it).

And don't we also have this kind of subtle consideration of mothers as a perfect Judge-like figure over the lives/actions of their children, especially in adulthood... Food for thought.

What do you think of this?

That’s a very interesting idea!

I also think the Voice could totally play this trick on the brothers, and that Joseph would probably be the most troubled by it because he would desperately try to understand what God’s plan is.

It was at SacAnime 2018 that Greg Bryk said he thought there was “something missing” in Joseph’s life, and that Faith represented “the maternal aspect of the feminine energy” to him (here, for those of you who’ve never seen this). I imagine Rachel doesn’t even know what the Seed brothers’ mother looked like, but if someone with her face showed up and Joseph started being obsessed with her, what would Faith think? Would she feel threatened? Could that affect her role in the Project?

Jacob is the one who’s spent the longest time with their mother, and maybe he was lucky enough to actually feel like he had a mom for some time, before her husband’s abuse turned her into a “ghost” and she seemingly stopped caring about… anything, really. He would surely recognize “her” immediately, but I wonder how he would react. He doesn’t really show his emotions, but he still certainly feels them!

As for John, yeah, he probably barely remembers her, but if Joseph told him about that Deputy having their mother’s face and became obsessed with that, I’m sure John would also be fixated on understanding what’s going on. He would want to solve this mystery not only for Joseph, but also for him, considering how little he must know about his biological mom.

Food for thought, indeed!

vallenwix

Been replaying 4&5

kuliakuli

You know, in 2018, when FC5 was first released, Joseph Seed was one of my favorite antagonists. I even found a time when I drew this jerk.

Yesterday, I decided to re-play this game with a friend, grind, and shoot at the cultists. I remembered that the compound bow is the best thing ever.

spectralish

False Prophet

myrcella

THE WORLD IS BURNING AND IT’S YOUR FAULT.

faith-seed

far cry 5 scenery - part 2

somepersonyan

John Seed Ergonomic Mousepad

A ridiculously convenient ergonomic mouse pad featuring John Seed—guaranteed to make you say “YES” to all those tasks you’ve been putting off. +1000 efficiency −1000 procrastination

sweeetestcurse

Far Cry 5 Scenery 175/???

lulu2992

I know girldad Jacob is popular among the fandom but what do you think John would be like if he had a secret child turn up?

It would be interesting to see how he’d deal with an older child who already has ideals about the world but also how he’d deal with something that directly is a consequence of his past behaviour and his identity of John Duncan vs John Seed.

Among the Seeds brothers, I think John would be the most likely to have had a child before the Project. He’s reportedly had many partners, and although the smartest and safest thing to do is to always use protection, we can’t be certain he did…

If he were already aware of the child’s existence, I imagine he would regularly send money to the mother. That wouldn’t necessarily be evidence of his fatherly love, but considering the kind of childhood he had, I think he would still want his child to grow up in the best conditions possible. That way, maybe he would also hope he doesn’t have to be further involved in their life because I think that would be a lot for him to deal with, emotionally speaking.

Since he’s apparently shared many personal details of his past with his brothers, I guess they would know about that too.

Now, if he had no idea he had a child and they showed up one day, he would surely be in shock! Would he even remember their mother, considering what we know of his life as John Duncan? He would be in disbelief and question whether he’s really their biological father, but his brothers would probably see a resemblance between John and his alleged offspring.

In any case, I imagine suddenly becoming a father and having to deal with the consequences of a past he now partly rejects because of how “sinful” it was would turn his world upside down.

Also, if we stick to the official timeline and consider everything is 100% canon (New Dawn and Collapse included), the child would have to show up before or during the events of Far Cry 5 for John to meet them. At this point, Ethan isn’t there yet, and according to the Collapse DLC, Joseph has no idea he even exists, which means John’s child is the only known heir of the Seed family!

Would Joseph want them to become the future leader of the Project? Even if the child had their own ideals, would he (and John) try to convert them? Would it work? And what about their mother? What would the Deputy’s relationship with John’s child be? Would Joseph still save Rook and take them to Dutch’s bunker if John’s child, his actual family, were there? Also, after the Collapse, when he finally realizes he has a son, what would that change? What would Ethan think of his cousin? Who would the Father choose to lead his Family when he’s gone?

So many questions, so much potential drama!

kohvan

Random women & scenery screenshots

swearingcactus

i think i downloaded the wrong subtitle files

fakedsaint

I frequently think about Joseph making Jacob take some poor Eden’s Gate member under his wing. Someone so fragile and weak, a “lost lamb”, who he thinks has potential to be strong, if they just had some help. To Jacob’s reluctance, he looks at it like another experiment. No conditioning or bliss needed, just a malleable mind and a hypothesis. So he trains them separately from the recruits and Chosen. They stay in his room on a cot. There are no boundaries because shame is weakness. They end up his shadow, following his every move, doing as he says while he tells them they have their own independence from him. They just don’t take it. The Chosen at the Veteran’s Center doesn’t know what their relationship is like, they just know Jacob says jump and they don’t even say how high, they just do. They could be the strongest out of the entire Veteran’s Center, more than fit to be a Chosen. Jacob doesn’t group them in though. If he sends them out, it’s on his terms, it’s quiet, and he expects results without a single flaw. The Resistance doesn’t even know much about them besides the fact they’re glued to his fucking back and it’s a pain they can’t get a proper read on them. I live for the ambiguity of their relationship because from an outside perspective it could literally be anything.