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myceliumatter

i wish there was more social existence you could participate in laying down. I wish there were cafes that were two little futon beds parallel to each other with a low table in between so you could eat and drink while lounging. I wish there were group activities like painting or glazing clay or theaters that were designed to have beds and bed-height tables instead of chairs. I wish there were beds alongside benches outside for anyone to use. I wish air mattresses or roll-out beds were as common as cheap shitty chairs at things like barbeques, beaches, and concerts. so much life would open up to me and be enjoyable if I could lay down instead of sitting or standing for prolonged periods and completely wearing myself down with pain.

helloimheavenuwu

I've been thinking about the post-chapter 5 discourse around Susie's relationship with the dark world - where the (more or less) obvious theme prediction is that centering her life around escapism so much will be very unhealthy for her - and I have an alternative theory on this idea now.

My theory is that actually, toby fox is trying to frame this situation as a GOOD thing.

It's very easy to look at her literally living in the dark world and be afraid that it's a trap or is going to backfire, but today this situation reminded me of real-life situations that are analogous to hers: online fandoms*.

*(this theory might also work for other types of communities but stick with me)

There are so many stories of people who talk about their fandom being their lifeline, about making friends, having something giving their life meaning and happiness, improving them as people, and sometimes literally saving their life. As soon as Susie entered the dark world, she was given the chance to make friends and have something to really make her happy for once, and she has been improving as a person (and a lot of it was simply just giving her a proper chance)! Her literally living there seems like an analogy to how these people cling to their fandoms as their lifeline, pouring every spare moment they have into it, and it gets them to a BETTER place as a result, despite the fears of going too far; it seems quite often, that this simply doesn't end up being the case.

There's also further similarities between these dark worlds and online spaces. There are so many people out there in the world that we never get to see, never would get to talk to or even fathom that they exist, other than a vague feeling of the world being a big place with a lot of people in it. But when we enter an online community, those people suddenly come to life for us. We all get a name and an avatar, giving us form, and share an experience together that we enjoy, our dark worlds. Often some of those communities we close for good, but sometimes we keep some of the friends we made while still in them...our recruits? :) And then we find new fandoms and start the whole thing over again, just like Kris opening new dark worlds that hold new adventures and new friends. Toby hard-pushing the idea that the Darkners are real people and not just "objects" really makes a lot of sense in this context too. To some people, the internet is just a screen, but we know we are talking to real people, even if it looks a little different.

Susie living in the school dark world is giving her a home where she had none, friends when she struggled with making any, and a chance to be the better person a part of her already wanted to be, even when no one else in her "real" life saw her as anything worthwhile. Sure, she still has another life she has to maintain, and dark world food doesn't actually keep you full, but she has OTHER needs that ARE being met. And I'm sure many of us can relate.

queercoded-disney-villain

Hey does anyone else think about how Toriel isn't doing well financially but she still makes a full pie for her kid two nights in a row and then a hearty pancake breakfast for them and their friend the next morning. Do you think about how we don't see Toriel eating the pie or the pancakes. She's eating raw granulated sugar and that's it. When she finally eats in Chapter 5 she only asks for simple (and cheap) toast with honey. Do you think about Toriel encouraging her child to go to the Festival where there is plenty of food while she stays home on her own. Do you think about how Toriel used to "LOVE her cooking shows" and "LAUGH, glowingly, along with each new recipe, feverishly taking notes on each step to make them for her family..." Do you think about Toriel never expecting this care to be reciprocated and continuing to cook for her family while she does not eat. Do you. Do you think about Toriel.

ot3

all art skills should be able to evolve in tandem. i shouldnt have to pick something to focus on. i should be able to double down in every area at once. its not fair damn it

hbiscuit

Body-swap AU idea

It'd be incredibly funny if the Chain got their consciousness swapped before they even met in person and suddenly found themselves living the life of a complete stranger Link, and struggling real bad. Like, holy goddesses, how is this guy living like this? And why is his Hyrule so weird?

Wind: He wakes up in Sky's body and finds himself flying above the clouds on a huge fucking bird the size of the Helmaroc King. Then, promptly flings himself off and plummets toward the earth (which traumatizes Sky's Loftwing). Wind can't believe this! This Link lives on a sky island, which is cool! He has a flying whale and Beedle too! Cool. Cool! But what kind of shitty civilization doesn't invent a flying boat!? Wind is absolutely going to engineer bird-free travel.

Legend: He wakes up in Warriors' body and immediately decides he's in hell. This guy's stupid career choice is the antithesis of Legend's ethos of living a good fucking life, and this Hyrule must have been designed specifically to torture his free spirit. Understandably, Legend attempts desertion and gets hunted down and dragged back into service by the scariest Impa. He wishes they'd just throw him in jail for the crime (at least that'd be entertaining). Instead, he gets chained to a desk, forced to do paperwork while wearing pants.

Sky: He has an existential crisis when he wakes up in Time's body and is informed that he's a married adult with a full-time job. There's a wife, he's not in love with Zelda?? And this guy is adulty-adult, and Sky's expected to fill this guy's shoes without accidentally sabotaging his marriage? And what is a cow? And what is a horse? And what is a tax?? He has to do adult responsibilities? Miss Malon, may I wreck that rude man Ingo's house? Your husband would do the same, please.

Twilight: He's miserable because he wakes up in a world with no goats, and in the body of a Link who needs a power bracelet just to lift a pot (he wakes up in Legend's body). He doesn't have a great time investigating the Dark World (he goes there because he thinks it might be connected to the Twilight Realm. Don't blame a guy for having hope, will ya?), and ends up running for his life as a pink rabbit. This guy's body is weird, Twilight decides. He can't go anywhere without magic happening to him. Gets into the water? Fish tail activated. Ugh.

Hyrule: He's in Wind's world, in Wind's body, and realizes he really should've learned to swim ages ago. But in his defense, it never came up because he had his raft, and he could walk on water with his magic boots! None of which this boy has. Sad sigh. The goddesses gave this world far too much water, and Hyrule is dying to walk on his own two feet! He's drowned too many times after falling overboard and having to be fished out by the pirate girl, who charges him a ridiculous amount of rupees every time for being a landlubber.

Four: He gets Wild's body. At first, it's actually a pretty chill experience despite waking up in a stranger's body. He gets tall (not that he cares), but the moment he swings a sword and it breaks, his mind spirals, and he ends up bedridden with guilt because he's violating the smithing oath about doing no harm to a weapon. How could he ever face his grandpa? He's going to be excommunicated from his guild, his lineage forever tarnished, because no matter what he does-no matter how carefully he does it-this guy's body, or this guy's world, somehow finds a way for every weapon to break in his hands. It's driving him insane.

Warriors: He ends up in Hyrule's world, with lots and lots of dungeons that apparently expect him to clear them. Alone. He doesn't understand how this world expects a barely-adult man to wander into caves and dungeons by himself. Warriors demands a troop and a salary. He gets denied a troop and a salary because the kingdom's budget is tight. Warriors unlocks an impressive number of achievements for all the trauma he's accumulated in dungeons. "Why dungeons?" he sometimes sobs. "Why do so many weirdos live in dungeons too?"

Wild: He's already short by his Hyrule's standards, but holy Hylia, the guy (Four) he's possessing(?) is short-short. And whenever Wild pokes things carelessly, he somehow gets even shorter. Getting chased by a "cat" and every woodland critter is no fun. Also, Wild wants to wander and dilly-dally; he wasn't born and bred to work a 9-to-5 in a smithing shop (which he has absolutely no idea how to run), not to mention all the chores this guy's grandpa still expects him to do! Why is a kid this age already a professional smith, anyway? Child labor is wrong, Wild's Zelda used to say. Free him.

Time: He’s in Twilight’s body. He fares pretty well compared to the rest. Because Epona! Then he comes across his own grave and other reminders of the merciless tide of time, which always send him into a deep depressive episode that only an old man could have. Also, he fights tooth and nail to import cows to Ordon, but his request gets denied because goats are sacred here, boy, they're part of the village's living heritage. He gets into endless arguments with everyone over the merits of cow's milk versus goat's milk.