#hmmm.....considering....planning...plotting

Oh anon. You're so right and you should say it.

"Ethereal dead wife" Kim Dokja is genuinely one of the dumbest fandom inventions because he fits that template approximately....hmmm, let me count....zero fucking percent. Like. Let's actually look at what that archetype means.

Ethereal dead wife: beautiful, tragic, exists as a memory to motivate the male lead. Passive. Things happen to her. Her suffering is aestheticized. She's a plot device.

For no damn reason people keep assigning Dokja all the passive roles possible, and even me, a person who is not a KDJ glazer, it pisses off.

Kim Dokja: spent over a decade obsessively reading about one man and it was literally his entire reason to keep living, engineered scenarios from the shadows left and right, puppeted people, planned his own erasure with the level of meticulousness some would give their damn wedding, made approximately idefk how many active choices that drove the entire narrative, and is the POV character for 500 something chapters. His "death" wasn't something that happened to him—it was something he did. Actively. Repeatedly. With full fucking agency.

He's not the dead wife. He's the guy who keeps dying because he won't stop throwing himself into danger. There's a difference.

Also, "ethereal"? This man with the emotional intelligence of a brick wall wrapped in deflection? Ethereal is more than the last thing he is.

The "went to get milk" one is genuinely the closest to canon. Dad who leaves and never comes back—except Kim Dokja keeps coming back and then leaving again. Joonghyuk isn't mourning a perfect memory, he's chasing a fucker who refuses to stop running into traffic. The "dead wife" is static, Kim Dokja is chaos. He's not a memory you romanticize, he's a recurring pain in the ass you can't live without (yjh would know /j).

He starts a nebula with Yoo Joonghyuk. Specifically and exclusively with Yoo Joonghyuk. He binds their names together publicly, in the Star Stream's official records, in front of all the constellations and incarnations present at the banquet. The last time I checked, a dead wife doesn't initiate joint ventures. She just...yep, you guessed it—dies.

The prophecy itself frames him as the lover, not the beloved.

[Incarnation Kim Dokja will be killed by the one he loves most.]

The prophecy doesn't say the one who loved him most. It says the one HE loved most. The universe's narrative defined him by his capacity to love, not by being loved. That's not dead wife energy—that's "guy who loves so hard it kills him" energy.

When Asmodeus threatens Yoo Joonghyuk, Dokja's response as the Demon King of Salvation is don't touch my incarnation, Asmodeus. Sure, that's not possessive in the loud, "mine" way fandom loves to assign to Joonghyuk. It's quieter, it's territorial. It's you don't get to touch him. And Joonghyuk wasn't even technically considered his incarnation back then. Now sit with this fact.

A dead wife archetype doesn't do shit like that, but correct me if I'm wrong (I'm not).

"Ethereal dead wife" implies passiveness and static. Kim Dokja is neither. He's stubborn as hell, chaos-driven, and aggressively alive until he's aggressively not—and then alive again.

So yeah. The fandom wants him to be just a useless, sad beautiful memory. The novel gave us a man who spends 500 chapters being annoying on purpose and then dies anyway.

These are not the same, for fuck's sake.

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Sport festival in the first place, shouldn't be live for everyone to watch. It practically puts the students weak points and how their quirk works on blast, making them fragile to possible villains attacks. But in this case, it's even worse: UA teachers saw a kid refusing to get the medal because in his head, he didn't really earn it, and said "hmmm 🤔 we are gonna chain him on the podium like a feral animal and not only humiliate him and ruin his reputation for his future career, but also would expose him to villains who might take benefit of the situation"

They should have sent him home. Or kept him in a room with a teacher. They shouldn't have forced him to go on the podium when he didn't want to. They did it for their own ego and reputation and didn't care about the bad image this kid would be viewed later by media and society.

There's a brainless take his antis who can't form their own opinions repeat like a parrot: "he wanted to kill shoto and everyone else, they had to protect them🤡". No he didn't want to kill anyone, do you even know anything about the story? At least if you're gonna mischaracterize and dehumanize him and think he's a psycho who just kill anyone, consider this: he wants to be a hero, do you really think he'd commit a literal crime on cameras? Also there were so many pro heros and teachers there, are you implying this kid (hero in training) is going to solo all of them? Who do you think he is? Prime all might? These ppl are just dumb and can't think for themselves.

he just didn't want to get the medal, he didn't want to accept #1 because he didn't think he actually won since shoto didn't use his whole quirk on him. He was mad at him and didn't see himself as the winner. But UA instead of sending him home or keeping him away from the podium somewhere safe with a teacher, FORCED HIM to stand on the podium and FORCED the medal on him and filmed it live and showed it to the whole world😐😐😐 UA is seriously such a trashy place lol

And no it was NOT a gag scene when it had a crucial effect on the plot and literally started a whole arc later. Shigaraki saw that scene and thought the society is restraining Katsuki and he's oppressed. by kidnapping him he seriously thought he's doing a favor to him and saving him.(well part of it was for helping him, but the other parts of his plan also stemmed from UA putting Katsuki on blast like that on TV). I hate when we talk about it ppl bring up the "hey UA girl" to mock us, when there's actually someone in canon who thought that was a wrong thing to do to a child, yes the main villain of the story, Shigaraki.

This fandom dehumanize Katsuki to the point thinking a child getting humiliated and restrained by literal chains on a podium in front of the whole world is sth to gloss over.

In conclusion, UA has a responsibility to protect its students from these type of threats but instead they exposed Katsuki to them. That school has so many problems and they were never solved lol

Part 22: Rescue at Midnight Castle 🌈

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As I vaguely mentioned at the end of my last post, as I was doing research on Erica Sinclair and her DND alter ego Lady Applejack, I made several interesting discoveries on the My Little Pony Wiki that took me back to Season 3.

While I personally enjoyed S3 for its humor and embracing of 80s maximalism while simultaneously depicting the emotional turmoil and awkwardness of growing up, it's considered by many to be the least popular season (second now to S5, probably).

But in light of everything else I've learned about the show (and where it might be going) through the prism of #Bobgate, something told me to dive deeper into Applejack, the *orange* My Little Pony character Erica's DND name came from. Specifically, her G1 iteration (right side) from the 80s, when Erica was watching.

Except, this version of Applejack only ever appeared once in the first generation of MLP... In the TV special Rescue at Midnight Castle.

I know nothing about My Little Pony, so thank goodness Erica and Dustin had time to specifically talk about that episode while crawling through a secret Russian bunker.

Here's what Reddit user @stropol had to say about the scene circa 2019:

At the time, OP's comment would've made sense. But, in light of my new reading of Lucas' New Coke moment (and how the fandom has interpreted the NES re: ConformityGate and Byler), could Dustin's My Little Pony tangent actually be more relevant than we thought?

I'll let you watch for yourselves... [start at 1:30]

"The evil centaur demon Tirac turns Applejack into a dragon at Midnight Castle, and then Megan and the other Ponies have to use Moochick's magic to defeat his Rainbow of Darkness, saving them from a lifetime of enslavement."

This plot sounds rather familiar, but I don't think Applejack is Erica in this situation.

Let's see if some substitutions do the trick:

"The Mindflayer and/or Mother Goose turns Will into another head of the Thessalhydra in the Abyss, and then Mike and the rest of the Party have to use El's magic to defeat the MF's Rainbow of Darkness."

Just like in Mike's Thessalhydra campaign as imagined in Part 17.

Did the writers once again foreshadow the endgame via pop culture reference?

(FYI, @jabberwockymoreau also hypothesized this back in 2023.)

But let's fill in more of the puzzle:

Tirac, like any good villain, has a minion to help him --

Scorpan sounds familiar, as does the plan...

What is Scorpan's role in Rescue at Midnight Castle?

While Scorpan starts off as Tirac's dedicated servant, his story takes a turn when his "friend", Spike the dragon, is threatened by Tirac --

Hmm... I wonder who this "Spike" could be?

Yes, I'm aware I just compared Bob Newby to a baby dragon and that I sound completely insane.

Let's keep going.

Lots of stuff here:

Could Ember's story be what lies in store for Holly? (maybe Max?)

Might the other children be transformed into heads for the Thessalhydra too?

Has Henry been doing what he's been doing to *protect* Bob?

This next bit also had me thinking #LoversLakeGate ~ #LoversLakeGate ~ #LoversLakeGate --

HMMM. If Megan is Mike and Applejack's Will....

2/11 UPDATE: I watched the episode, and Megan doesn't "drop" in with Applejack, she jumps in to save her.

#LOVERSLAKEGATE FTW!!!!

The two end up stuck, huddled together in a clam shell, in need of rescuing...

That ends Part One of the special. Onto Part Two --

Beginning with a ray of light opening the clam shell, throwing Applejack and Megan into --

A musical number???

Peep the BYR color scheme. Also, something-something Snow Ball...?

It's giving "Kiss the Girl" from Little Mermaid.

Megan and Applejack are serenaded by the Sea Ponies, water horses that end up being their saving grace.

Some feelings communicated between Byler maybe??

Try and spot the difference between these shared looks™️.

Back on land and reunited with their friends, the Ponies continue on to meet the Moochik.

Who is the Moochick, you ask?

Although green-clad Moochick and El look nothing alike, what rhymes with "sage"?

And who is El? Rainbow Brite. A Love Supreme. The representation of not one, but two queer loves.

2/11 UPDATE: Having watched the episode, and comparing some of the images/story beats to the Thessalhydra campaign -- the Moochik could also be our Proud Princess Henry.

The Moochik's symbol is a mushroom (fungus that can spread/grow like the UD spores/vines/hive @lilialunaa, @byler-post-shitshow, @dawnschild) + his familiar/companion is a white rabbit.

And the Moochik, like the Proud Princess, tells the Ponies what they need to stop Tirac...

What happens next?

Wait a damn minute -- Scorpan frees Ember with Spike and joins forces with the Ponies???

Could this confirm that Henry (ala Proud Princess) will eventually help the Party as well? With his memories restored, and Holly and Bob in tow?

BEFORE the final battle even?

Supports the new Moochik theory and it fits the Thessalhydra campaign, is all I'm saying...

Unfortunately --

Yes, the bouncing lil' guy cheering on Scorpan is Bob, I mean Spike.

It looks like Vecna being out of commission might be the reason the MG and MF need a new Thessalhydra head....

Like Applejack gets turned into a dragon, Will will be sucked into the many-headed beast that is the Thessalhydra.

How do the Ponies defeat Tirac and save Applejack?

2/11 UPDATE: I just watched the full episode and it gets better.

First, Scorpan Henry fights head-to-head with Tirac MG/MF and gets seriously hurt in his efforts to take away Tirac's tool of destruction (oh no, Henry what's gonna happen to you?!) --

The Rainbow of Darkness.

Want to know what the Rainbow of Darkness looks like???

Forgive me, I feel like someone pointed this out, but now I can't find the post/comment, so if anyone knows who did, please shout it out in the comments!!!

BUT WHAT?! The "Rainbow of Darkness" is the exotic matter above Hawkins Lab. Meaning "Midnight Castle" is Hawkins Lab?

Exotic matter, per Dustin and Dr. Brenner, is the negative energy holding the wall surrounding the UD together. The wormhole bridging Dimension X and the Real World.

But what is the Wall really? It's conformity, lies, the prisons that have been created for us, to keep us in line -- and those we've created for ourselves. That keep us from being our most authentic.

How will the Party fight this Rainbow of Darkness and bring down the Wall?

By fighting back with a Rainbow of *Light*.

And what is the Rainbow of Light???

Who needs to finally say everything he's been holding back? Who finally needs to speak his truth? Declare his love?

Who needs to bring their emotional walls down more than anyone in this damn series?

Be SO fucking serious right now, Duffer Brothers...

Megan Mike's heart-shaped locket* with a rainbow streaming out of it is what will defeat the Rainbow of Darkness.

Of course, with the help of with El's magic too, as this is the Moochik's gift we're talking about.

What more needs to be said here, guys?

"This is a revolution."

This ending is going to be SO. ASTRONOMICALLY. GAY.

It will be physically *impossible* for the GA to ignore how gay it's going to be.

Mother Goose is going to see those rainbows from Dimension X.

We are going to be tuned in, tears streaming down our faces because of how overwhelming the love is gonna be. How sweet the truth feels.

A love that will not only save the world and likely bring Will back to Mike, but also --

Turn Henry back into a beautiful *Proud Prince*, while Spike Bob comes out with the truth that he's always been a dragon gay.

A dual transformation that will allow them to finally, finally be together -- in the light of eternity -- after a long night apart.

✨ 🌈 HOORAYYYYYY 🌈 ✨

I can't wait to post the *actual screenshots* of Byler and Creelby from the finale instead of this admittedly cute, but moment from MLP, but until then --

Stay Tuned.

Hmmm... I am planning on people being able to customize their gender and sex options, but I genuinely hadn't considered this. I did plan on the front being the default, yeah, but I'll see if I can do more customization of sex scenes because it really is a tricky balance.

I feel like with customized sex scenes, the standard with popular sex games have been to be able to choose everything you do with each of your body parts (Degrees of Lewdity, Course of Temptation, and even something obscure like Lilith's Throne comes to mind). While I'm okay with that feature, I often find that it completely sucks the eroticism in scenes, makes encounters generic, and it becomes a insert A into B situation.

My plan was to prioritize creating 'scenes' more, where the personality of the character you're having sex with shines through, and it'll only have variations with what you choose in the creator screen. I'll have to figure out how to be able to choose preferences in scenes without some pop-up interrupting the flow like "Where should X put it?", you know what I mean? But, I think you do raise a pretty interesting point too... It's no fun if it ruins immersion in the scene.

hmmm! maybe! i follow like 5 streamers total lol. well. 5 streamers and some general video game guys.

STREAMERS:

tomato (VOD channel): high energy lunatic who plays total ass games lol. his friends are equally deranged and scheme to kill each other. entertaining.

john wolfe (original channel): low energy, grounded guy who plays horror games and generally no-sells the scares. funny and nice friends who plan to help each other. extremely large backlog.

coney: affable guy who is evidently big in fighting games. mostly hes just very funny with some very funny/stupid stream gimmicks. check out "shitty genie" for quick solid laughs.

dougdoug: guy who is utilizing AI for its true purpose: creating chat bots who deliberately give terrible advice and have horrible ideas. the ones where they try to utilize AI for any kind of strategy games are hysterical. it cant do anything.

VIDEO GAME DISCUSSIONS:

face full of eyes: rarely updates but drops extremely thoughtful vids on game design. my brain doesnt conceptualize this stuff without someone holding my hand so i really get a lot out of these

warlockracy: russian youtuber who discusses 90s RPGs and fallout mods, primarily. plays them so i dont have to. sharp guy and dryly funny. gives a fresh perspective to games from the eurojank subgenre.

mandalore gaming: late 90s/early 2000s gaming discussion. plays a lot of shit ive never heard of in my life.

shetani's lair: has a series on sekiro that should be considered a near definitive breakdown of the game.

worm girl: this one is a pro-click. in-depth plot analysis of various games, mostly obscure or difficult ones. seriously excellent work from her. very entertaining and thought provoking.

any austin: guy who has a fascination with the supremely boring aspects of video games. extremely interesting perspective that celebrates the mundane and awkward parts of game design

Because that last bit will end up taking over everything if not, it gets its own post here.

SUMMARY: you and hoseok have dinner plans, but one thing leads to another and well…they’re cancelled.

PAIRING: hotboyfriend!hoseok x f!reader

GENRE: smut (18+ readers only)

WORD COUNT: 880

WARNINGS: tongue kissing, making out, ass grabbing, reader is wearing a skirt, biting/marking on hobi’s part, oral sex (m. receiving), sloppy blowjob, very very messy, spit (?), hobi ruins her makeup, somewhat throat fucking lol, reader is kind of henced to have big boobs lolll, nipple play (minor), praise kink?

AUTHORS NOTE: plot twist, ash actually still writes!! this is kind of similar to something I wrote for txt’s yeonjun sooo if you read that and think that it’s the same umm…yeah it kind of is. I don’t consider it plagiarism if it’s my own work. I wouldn’t sue myself!! anyways hobi is quite hot in this so enjoy this comeback of mine.

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“We don’t really have time, Hobi.” You spoke, kissing along Hoseok’s jawline as you unbuttoned his white collared shirt.

“We do.” Hoseok breathed out; the sentence punctuated by a bruising kiss. Your back was shoved against the wall of your kitchen, the sudden movement startling you.

The both of you were trying to get out of the house for dinner reservations, but one thing led to another, and now you were both half undressed.