caveSalamander

The thing about the Witch Hat Atelier world is that the magic system sounds great until you realize it's essentially programming and that sobers you up immediately. Sure, maybe you reach the level of skill needed to draw perfect curves, straight lines, and circles without looking down, but after that you still need to be able to logic out which combination of sigils will actually give you the desired effect, and if you misplace a single line it all goes to shit. Add to that the inclusion of effect-altering inks and you start to understand why Olruggio is Like That.

some of you need to realize that your faves would be having unsafe bdsm sex because they don’t actually know what bdsm sex is, they just want to fuck and also kill each other. you must understand this.

I can't take credit for this as it was something I was talking about with my friend. but as we were watching DR3, we noticed that izuru often says "tsumaranai/how boring" whenever he sees something that would be particularly traumatizing or frightening to most people. One example is Chisa's brainwashing/torture scene, and another is when the future foundation attack ships are coming to Jabberwock. As we were talking, we theorized that, because of the trauma and torture that Izuru has been through, seeing these traumatic events is likely still traumatizing or distressing, but he will dissociate as a way to cope with seeing these things, since visible emotion and fear were punished out of him during the kamukura project. but he perceives the feeling of dissociation as emptiness or boredom, which is when he will say this. it almost seems like a phrase to ground himself.

GLaDOS voice: "Would you like to see some artwork I generated? I've heard from other test subjects that AI-generated artwork produces an uncanny valley response in human viewers because they can't perceive it as fully real. They've told me that it looks absolutely hideous to them, that they can't imagine anything more disgusting than AI art. But, well I've been practicing and wanted your honest opinion. Feel free to let me know how ugly you find this by ranking it on a scale from 'vomit-inducing' to 'eye-bleeding'." A robotic arm lowers from the ceiling holding a hand mirror up to Chell's face

hyperfixation please stay with me long enough to complete the project. hyperfixation do not fade. hyperfixation finish what you started for the love of god

obviously the freak4freak nature of eitaku cannot be overstated, but i think it's also poignant that so much of what makes eito fall for takumi is... really human? giving someone a second chance, trying to understand them even when they've hurt you -- there are a lot of moving parts, but ultimately some of what makes eito fall in love is a display of what he's spent his whole life hating.