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Theme - Midnight Sun v4; [live] [static] [code] [install] [magnusthemes]

Fourth iteration of Midnight Sun (v1, v2, v3.1, v3.2). A MacOS x Solo Leveling one column dual-sidebar theme.

Features:

Optimized for Chrome, 1920x1080 resolution

Pagination/Infinite scrolling/manual load

1 column 250/300/350/400/500/540px posts

Optional fading/monochrome images

Optional show captions/tags

Optional updates box & stats panel

[NEW!] Optional social media panel

[NEW!] Optional loading screen

[NEW!] Optional mini Mac-style cursor

[NEW!] Optional featured posts, enter the tag of your choice to the box

[NEW!] Battery meter with optional custom percentage

[NEW!] Theme is now responsive and mobile-friendly

Notes:

Manual load only works if you have infinite scroll turned on.

How to add links: create a page on your blog, then click “show a link to this page”. Page will then automatically be added to menu.

NPF photosets? No problem! Script credit to @annasthms

Full list of credits can be found here

theme 91 / preview - code

contained theme with custom post and font size, unnested captions and a lot of colour options. dashboard-inspired post styling with full npf support.

left sidebar with a small profile with icon (60x60), basic links with two extra links and reminders section. right sidebar with two images (255x150 and 140x150), statistics, two highlighted tags and description. topbar with title and four extra links.

when he and atsumu met you as kids you were crying alone in the playground as your friends left one by one.

when you entered middle school with them you cried when you found out you were in separate classes.

when he gifted you a necklace he had worked hard for to buy you cried so hard you got snot all over his shoulder.

when you atsumu made you so mad you cried in his arms as he comforted you.

when you and atsumu left hyogo for tokyo, you cried begging him to call you everyday.

when you were feeling lonely in college you cried on the phone with him and cried when he finally found the time to visit.

you cry over the smallest inconveniences, anything that made you feel happy, had you feeling mad, excited, surprised, anything.

so it's no surprise to him that it's taking you so long to finish your vows because of crying so hard.

all formalities are forgotten as he pulls you in his arms, swaying you gently as you finish the last of your vows. family, friends, and guests are forgotten ones he cries with you as he reads his vows written on a tissue paper.

Natsuko naturally assumes that the reason she’s been isekaied into the world of the movie that inspired her to work in animation is to “fix” it and give everyone a happy ending, and for the first two thirds of the show, that’s exactly what she does, taking an axe to what she sees as tired tropes like the annoying mascot character heroically sacrificing themselves, or the hero’s love interest agreeing to an arranged marriage to save the city only to be hunted down by a mob when she and the hero are blamed for everything going wrong, or the weird part that the movie never explained where the stoic elf warrior disguises herself as a monster and gets killed by the hero.

And in response to this, the show turns into exactly the kind of lighthearted romantic comedy/wish fulfillment simulator that you’d expect from a modern isekai, where the biggest concern is whether Natsuko can treat Luke as a real enough person to even acknowledge his budding feelings for her, until one day, sitting in the sun on a perfect day with her new friends, she wonders: “Was A Tale of Perishing supposed to be this happy?”

And the answer she receives immediately, from the movie’s creator, is “Of course not.” Natsuko achieved what she assumed her mission to be, but while it makes for a fun upset of tropes that genuinely were pretty dated, it’s not a satisfying story. And then the story starts pushing back.

The original narrative reasserts itself, but twisted. A mascot character still dies, but it’s the robot instead of the unicorn. Destiny still agrees to the marriage, but to save the orphanage she built thanks to Natsuko’s previous intervention. The void cultists return, but heralding Natsuko as their messiah. Luke and his love interest are still pursued by a mob, but this time, Natsuko has been thrust into that role.

The voids begin to copy and integrate everything Natsuko had summoned to defeat them, meaning that the one weapon she had to change this story is what’s actively making it worse. In trying to “fix” what she saw as mistakes, a habit she already developed as a professional where she only trusted in her own vision and discounted the work of everyone else, she lost sight of what she learned from the story when she first encountered it.

Twisted Wonderland:

It's something that is very openly embraced, but never really commented on by other characters. Even the more masculine presenting characters wear glittery makeup and nice frilly clothes, simply because they look nice.

The only character that did have a problem with his femininity was taught that it was not a negative thing and a strength. Epel has come to accept parts of his femininity, but admittedly still struggles.

Many of the designs even take inspiration from major fashion brands. Riddles new outfit is a shining example of that, having strong influences by Vivienne Westwood. Vil is another example of that. His outfits often have design elements by Luis Vuitton. Makeup brands are referenced too in a lot of the new Birthday cards.

What I'm most thankful for is that this is not sexualised, which is something that unfortunately happens very with Amab people wearing feminine clothes, especially online. I could go on a while rant about this but I'll stop myself for now.

It's been a really long time since I've seen so many cool and creative designs for male characters and I'm really grateful.

Because the gameplay and monetization practices are already dogshit from the beginning we don't really have expectations lmao. But the one thing we have against everyone is that the story actually has depth, has a message it wants to convey, and the cards are always beautiful except for a few odd ones. Every new release only fuels our love for the boys.

I'm the number one twst shill, but if you're even a bit critical of writing styles, you'd know it tops majority of the long-winded, pretentious storytelling word slop the other gacha games have lol.

its to stay by your side.