#astra's asks

Pretty much yeah! He's so desensitized by what happened in Dead Space he doesn't really all that happened is very terrible, treating it as a weird adventure he went through

He's used to stuff happening in space (he's an astronaut in this au) that he doesn't see it as it being that bit of a deal, but as he continues to gain more of his memories back (lost his memories for a long while) he starts to slowly kinda lose it

Everybody on the ship he was in died, he couldn't save them and the aliens could still be out there hurting people. With that in mind he starts to kinda crash out and going a bit crazy

But he does atleast have Simon, Grace, and Rocky, the ones that knows what loss is like so they try to help him (does take a while since Charlie just keeps trying to brush it off and sayings its fine so it takes a while for him to actually try and get some help by them)

(Also, I like to think Charlie in Dead Space before he crash landed on Erid was just trying to humor himself during it cuz that always sorta helped him in the past during any stressful situations so its kinda the norm for him at this point)

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these protests don't have to end in him being reinstated but rather just a simple unscripted, unadulterated statement or live from the members. yes, that's asking for a lot from the k-pop industry but it shouldn't be. that's the point of protesting.

yes, there aren't any indications of heeseung not wanting this, however there are also no explicit ones of him wanting this either, the more than 50% ai generated letter does not count. all we want are words from heeseung and the members. if it's his decision why would he stay silent for so long, why would the company block him from saying something if he was 100% on the same boat as them?

you can argue that it's hard for them to say anything and they need time to process but belift is already making them do fancalls? is that not a sign of how inhumane they are as a company? why would you blindly trust them?

even from a business standpoint, this would only cause losses for enhypen and is a horrible way to launch heeseung’s solo career. if the decision was made after months of planning, why waste time making so much content and preparing so many schedules in which heeseung is included?

let me start off by saying that i do not trust HYBE, there have been repeated instances of wrongdoings done by them, but the company executives there have more business acumen than i do, and have been working in the industry for longer than we have been fans.

So with your first question :

but what if we never get a full statement?

technically we did get a full statement the first day the news of his departure was announced , no matter how 'forced' anybody tries to paint it, which stated that Heeseung will be departing the group and that ENHYPEN will be continuing as 6 as well as their respective reasons for doing so. Thats about as full as a statement can get and if you feel otherwise, i would like you to tell me what should a statement of this sort consist to make it feel more full.

why can't they give us the slightest bit of closure?

we as fans aren't owed anything but the music they make and the content they give us. Kpop idols should never have to explain the reasoning of what they choose to do, which in this case is leaving a group to pursue a solo career completely on their own - we saw that with TOP , with Woojin, and now with heeseung too. Its the parasocialism that makes most fans think they are owed and entitled to anything and everything about their idols , with these same fans chanting 'IDOLS ARE HUMANS TOO' which is quite hypocritical in itself

mark from nct had a farewell when he initially graduated from nct dream.

I am not all too familiar with NCT but can the structural procedures of ENHYPEN be compared to that of NCT DREAM ? was there ever a moment where anybody felt that these two groups were the same ? personally, no, because SM and BE:LIFT manages groups differently. NCT dream is a subunit of NCT and ENHYPEN is a whole group. which makes all the more sense that the way their respective companies will manage them in glaringly different ways.

these protests don't have to end in him being reinstated but rather just a simple unscripted, unadulterated statement or live from the members....all we want are words from heeseung and the members. if it's his decision why would he stay silent for so long, why would the company block him from saying something if he was 100% on the same boat as them?...you can argue that it's hard for them to say anything and they need time to process but belift is already making them do fancalls?

lets imagine that situation actually happens - that another statement is released or the members go live.

Do you not think that no matter how 'unscripted' or 'vulnerable' or 'unadulterated' the content is, the fans would try and make it seem to be something else that clearly doesn't exist ? That a member not smiling could be interpreted as ' they're clearly disturbed/overworked/mistreated and that they're tired of BE:LIFT' and a member smiling could be interpreted as 'they clearly don't care about engenes and they're all ready for ot6 enhypen and they've always disliked heeseung' and heeseung himself not saying anything could be interpreted as 'he clearly isn't happy with this decision omg belift sucks let's all kill bang sihyuk?'

Do you also not think that heeseung is also aware about the nature of his fans, that he's been advised to not add anything to the matter with all good reason. Am i to believe that if he came out and clarified that this is his own decision and that he was NOT forced, the other fans would not try and make a mountain out of a mole hill and analyze every other thing in his statement to round it down to 'yep he was forced and he's just saying this to calm us down'

And sure it may be quite cruel to have the members do the fancalls, do you not think it is also cruel to bombard the members with all sorts of questions about heeseung ? And what's to say that whatever they may have said or done on those fancalls, they were all very much aware of this decision and that they're putting on a good act.

It is understandable that you want clarity, in fact lots of fans do with their favourite groups and IK many engenes want that from belift.

It's just something small I wrote some time ago, small but silly:

The God of the underworld has been escaping the underground these days quite often. His brother, the God of shadows and dark, has found it in him to be of use lately. Sirius, taking the form of a wild beast with a very lavish fur, walked among the fields of flowers claimed by no other than the Goddess of harvest and agriculture, resting under the shadows of an elm tree. 

There, amongst the smell of pollen and flowers that tickled his nose, and the breeze that cuddled his fur, his eyes rested on the carelessly charming daughter of the Goddess of harvest. She shared the mesmerizing field– that Sirius could only dream to see in the underground– with her mother.

Marlene. 

Marlene passed her afternoons near the elm tree, taking care of her own little garden.

After Marlene had noticed the strangely huge black dog, he had been invited to be apart of her routine.

Sirius found himself escaping the realm of the dead, and joining Marlene in her gardening in his dog form until dawn. 

Marlene was a strange Goddess. She had her mothers beauty. Slightly tanned skin with white short hair, cherry lips, and piercing big brown eyes. She treated Sirius with wine -the Lord of the underworld had no idea why she would treat dogs with wine-, from the help he did in the garden, and he was also privileged to have the gift of Marlene liking very much to talk to dogs. 

It took Marlene a full moon cycle to know that the dog she had been carrying around was none other than the Lord of The Dead. 

While Sirius had waited for the woman to come, he had fallen asleep.

A graze of freezing to touch fingertips woke him up, and suddenly Sirius found himself face to face with her. 

“It’s you!” she let out a breath. 

Sirius snapped his head down, noticing that he was in his human form. He looked down on his gray-ish hands, and black clothing, cursing at them. “I have to go–”

“Wait–”

Marlene grabbed his wrist, “Why are you going?”

“Well, someone has to ensure that the dead won’t lose their way,” Sirius replied in a hurry to leave and escape the whatever he thought he needed to escape. "My realm can be quite difficult to navigate. A lot of right turns," he tried.

Marlene snorted and lifted her eyebrows, “I didn’t know that helping the dead find their road was the God of underworld’s duty–”

“Of co–”

“-besides, if they haven’t lost their way so far they will be alright, won’t they?” Marlene grinned. 

Sirius looked down on Marlene’s grin, and up to her dilated brown eyes. “You’re not scared of me?” 

Realization seemed to hit the woman's eyes, “I would be, Lord of Dead,” she beamed, “if I hadn’t taken care of a drunken dog that seemed to be you, no? Not two Suns before? I’m afraid I've passed being scared of you, Lord."

“Oh. Oh." Sirius chuckled. “Well, I suppose you’re right.” He finally relaxed his shoulders, and leaned on the tree, deciding that he might not leave yet. 

“Does it scare you?” Marlene asked. 

Sirius lifted an eyebrow, amused. It had been a long time since someone asked him of fear. “What?”

“That I’m not afraid of you?” Marlene leaned on the tree as well, looking down on her garden. 

idk just smth random I thought.

well, uh

fortunately i actually can keep my mouth shut about it, but anyone talking about it in earshot or even making a little hand gesture can fluster me a bit..

the only friend i have IRL that knows i like it, and actively messes with me over it is my roommate; i do have a bunch of close online friends that know about it too, though.. specifically a few that plan to move to my state eventually, most of whom have partners they'll meet with first but want to hang out with me too

The short answer: Gilver hates Vergil, he doesn't hate Dante.

The long answer: To answer this properly, I think I have to first point towards that I interpret Gilver to have a LOT of issues regarding his identity as basically what is a demonic clone of the twins - though I'd argue he's obviously much more Vergil's clone than he ever was Dante's. I'm going to take a guess and say that's because Mundus collected more data from Vergil than he did Dante, thanks to Dante being much better hidden from the start.

Gilver's skills with the sword and his appearance, are things he's gotten from Vergil - and as someone who very strongly wants to establish his own identity, it's infuriating that he can't ever entirely escape Vergil's shadow. It's contributed to him having this weird sort of combination of inferiority and superiority complex, where he feels inferior to Vergil (which makes him VERY angry) and wants to establish himself as superior. So he really, really hates Vergil and wants him dead. He doesn't find Vergil interesting, he doesn't care about dragging his death out for fun, he just wants Vergil *gone*.

On the other hand, regarding Dante (or rather, Tony), Gilver seems to actually *really* like him. He's a bundle of contradictions - easy to read but hard to understand, bloodthirsty but hates senseless killing, closed off but easily puts his faith in others, a rude little asshole but also incredibly kind. Importantly, he's also not Vergil.

Charlie lost his memories when he crash landed on Erid, so he didn't know how the hell he ended up in Space

He just knows he probably fought some aliens (does have scars from them) or something but he doesn't question it too much for a long while

He does eventually get his memories back and I like to think he told Simon & Grace what he went through like he's retelling his dead space playthrough to them

Simon & Grace's reaction to Charlie telling them about Dead Space while Charlie isn't too traumatized by it

Even in every universe, he knows how to beat an ostrich lol (Eridians & Simon won't know wtf that is but would be scared just by Charlie explaining it lol)