I'm pretty sure everyone remembers how Dante's clock has been moving over time. BUT, there is now an identifiable pattern to its movements, and its associated with the development of the sinners!
During Cantos 1-3, Dante's role in events is one of a passive observer. Gregor, Rodion, and Sinclair all made it through their cantos without much (if any) advice from Dante, the events of which mostly served to establish where they stood as characters/why they behave in the ways that they do.
Canto 4 was where this formula started to change. Yi Sang needed more out of Dante than the previous sinners; There was a Big Issue from his past that was controlling his future (namely, his entrapment in the past caused by the Hot Mess Involving T-Corp And The Mirror), forcing Dante to take on the role of Emotional Support Clockhead to guide him through the Canto. And at the end of the Canto, two things happened:
Vergilius commented on "the look on [Dante's] face"...
... and the clock moved for the first time.
The next 2 Cantos maintained this level of involvement from Dante: Ishmael needed Dante to help guide her away from her self-destructive obsession (I.E, to find "[her] compass [which] was swallowed by the sea" and choose to start "piercing through the rope that strangled [Captain Ahab] and [Ishmael]", freeing her to move toward the future), and Heathcliff needed Dante to help guide him through effectively communicating how much he loved Catherine/engaging in healthy relationship dynamics. (Seriously: the real antagonist of Canto 6 is communication issues.)
Effectively: Cantos 1, 2, and 3 had Dante doing the equivalent of talking with their respective Sinners as they drove their car down an empty street. Pretty casual, nothing major happened. Cantos 4, 5 and 6 required Dante to give directions, help them figure out where they got lost, convince them to pull over, calm down, and eat SOMETHING to get their blood sugar up before continuing toward their destination. More work, but these Sinners received greater rewards.
With Canto 7, the car was inside an IKEA.
Sinclair had to get the doors open. Faust had to find the car, awkwardly wedged in one of the shortcuts between display sections. Gregor, Rodion, Ishmael, Yi Sang, and Heathcliff had to pull Sancho out of the bunk bed in a completely different section of the store, with Ryoshu and Outis bringing their spoils from the marvelously-priced IKEA food court. Hong Lu had to help guide Sancho through getting the car out of the place it was awkwardly wedged, and Mersault held back the crowd. Dante's task wasn't just emotional support, but guidance. Sancho/Don Quixote needed someone to reassure her that there was a way forward, a something worth pursuing. And Dante did wonderfully.
So, is it a surprise that this canto is where the clock moved again?
Don Quixote (Who, as we learned in this canto, is a bloodfiend, like Vergilius) commented on Dante's expression.
And the clock moved.
BUT BETWEEN THESE TWO EVENTS, DANTE MADE THE CHOICE TO SMILE. "like Don Quixote asked me to".
THEREFORE, it is my conclusion that, between the commentary of lu-is-not-okay on Hong Lu's impending mental breakdown (SPECIFICALLY this post, which is the reason for my diatribe) AND the existence of this pattern of increasingly intensive Sinner rehabilitation efforts, Canto 8 will be the mental health equivalent of trying to get Hong Lu off of the car, which is precariously balanced upside down on a fountain, on the third floor of a shopping mall, while being chased by mall security (read: his family).
And it's going to be awesome.
Stupid gentaarrr
EYESTRAIN
Eyestrain
Additional comic:
the best way to clean your muse
(its still funny to do gif edits right?)
Awww Fang…
We believe in you bud!
Almost to the end! Only one final part after this :D
enjoy ^^
Usually Fang wouldn't put Gopal's words into consideration .
Usually Fang is more confident on his choices.
Usually Fang would try everything to get what he wants, to achieve his goal.
But all those "usually" don't really apply when it came to Cahaya.
He didn't do everything to get the power watches back then
He wasn't confident in his choices
And he can't stop thinking about Gopal's words now
Sitting here in Cahaya's secondary lab, he couldn't help but doubt himself; question himself.
Questions he didn't bother to ask before. But now, it seems to constantly be apparent ever since Gopal's words were thrown at him
He'd be caught dead before he tells Gopal any of it
Parts of him who sides with Ying has been screaming at him
'Just confess already'
The other part of him is reminiscing. Ying had made him write down hundreds of things couples do..
But..
All of those things
Thats what they already do
I have no words to express how lovely this is
"thats what they already do"
Ughhh the platonic/romantic relationship over here, that all of the platonic things theyve done is already and that theyre close enough too
And Fang being scared, and the build up to the confession if it happens
Noooooo- Oh god Fang my guy-
I feel so bad for laughing XD
Was hit with the sudden solfang shenanigan so hear me out
We all know Fang is crushing hard on Cahaya and is trying to imply he wants their relationship to dwelve into something more, the problem is
Hes absolutely terrible at it.
And Cahaya is dense as a diamond.
So this resulted in the many attempts (most are scheduled by Ying) of "wooing" Cahaya, sadly this man has never read a romance book in his life so those attempts when right past his head
In other words all attempts have failed; from flirting, to pick up lines (that one was just embarrassing), countless dates hang outs, to straight up getting matching earrings (that one was thanks to yaya)
Either this man hes unfortunately aiming for is clueless as a brick, romantically unavailable, OR is just trying to softly reject him
He likes to ignore the latter.
So comes attempt 57 (its just sad at this point). Giving flowers or a bouquet
He has read plentiful earth norms and one of the ones to attract another is to give them flowers
So here Fang is selecting a beautiful combination of colors for his bouquet, it has to be perfect after all
Something that pops and shows off both of their color scheme
So here are the arrangements:
Yellow Carnatians, the flower is big and beautiful. The yellow is soft and it has a complex shape like his mind
Buttercups, it has a yellow that POPS and kinda shaped like the sun, its also small and cute
Orange lilies, the colors reminds him of cahaya's glasses and visors. How his gray eyes change colors because of those glasses
Petunias, just an all around beautiful flower that compliments the surrounding colors so they all mix together
And Aconites, he wanted a flower that would remind cahaya of him, the dark purple of the flower contrast well with the surrounding light colors
Its perfect.
Here goes nothing
Fang did not research what the flowers meant😔
Could've been his ultimate moment yet it turned into an insult
Fang you aint ever getting with anything if your just trying to make him notice through social cues, he sucks at em
Y'know, i've actually though of a scenario of them before, where Fang gave Cahaya a bouqet of marigolds because thats what Cahaya said his favorites were when they were hanging out at 11
Sadly here, thats not what happen
Boboiboy AU idea that’s been spinning around in my head for a while now.
Mech/AI AU where Gentar is some kinda war machine, who was thrown away after proving to be defective. He spends his days wandering. His personality is like in canon. For some reason, he’s able to experience emotions and enjoys it (most of the time). He likes to help people too! His travel companion is Sopan.
Supra is a hyper intelligent firewall system for Sori, who is a very important AI capable of accessing forbidden knowledge. While they’re both super advanced, Supra can’t (or probably doesn’t want to) experience the emotions Sori always blabbed about.
In an incident, Sori and Sopan was taken away. Supra, without a proper physical body (because it got blown up by the attackers), begrudgingly teams up with the defective Gentar, who answered their distress call. Due to his physical vessels being destroyed, he had no choice but to inhabit Gentar’s body too (Much to the AI’s disgruntlement- Wait what?)
Together, the 2 embark on a journey, albeit a tumultuous one to get back what they’ve lost, learn new things, and touching grass. Sharing a body sure isn’t easy.
CATTUSSSS LET’S FRICKING GOOOO
Bbb age bracket au
CAAATTTSSS
Outis projected so hard in this Canto. Everyone thought she and Gregor were the oldest but no, it’s Don Sancho Quixote Second Kindred. The youngsters these days have no effect on her.
Imagine the conversation going something like this once Don snaps at the Sinners
“Anyone would be uncomfortable with such strong light right in their face. I’ve been out in sunlight plenty of times with the lot of you. No garlic doesn’t matter. We all know that coffin is far from safe put it away. The Christ imagery is one way for the religious to comfort themselves. And for the love of the Outskirts- PUT AWAY THE WATER!”
Oh boy, I sure can't wait for Intervallo 7.5, where the gang goes on yet another wacky roadtrip while the gang goes to Hong Lu's home district and learn about his extremely complex family dynamic and the many many references to the original novel, it's multiple remakes, and/or the series adaptation.
The next Walpurgis is most likely the Safety Team with Netzach as the next Announcer; and the next LobCorp IDs might connect to Abnormalities of denial, blissful ignorance, or the constricting force of family (Queen of Hatred, Queen Bee, Void Dream).
Even if the Sinners adjust to the fact that one of their members is a Second Kindred Bloodfiend, everyone keeps eyeing Outis just in case she tries to kill Don mentally or physically. She's still salty about the "betrayal" of having a definite threat in their ranks and were possibly waiting to backstab them at any moment (...Did something happen with Eurylochus, Outis?).
And even if she's also adjusting to a modernish life without the fanatic belief in Fixers, Don Sancho Quixote the Second reads them the riot act on their multiple attempts to prove she's a "real vampire" and committing elder abuse: shining light in her eyes or putting her in direct sunlight, putting garlic in her food, Dead Butterfly's coffin and Hundred Sins cross mace in her face cause Christian symbol or possible vamp bed, chasing her with a water bottle or spray bottle, so much water, so much water...
The reluctance to consume new media is so real
I used to dislike LoR because of a certain friend who adored it as well as seeing it constantly pop up in random places on the internet, but as soon as I took a bite of the devil's apple myself I found myself hooked. Both the Red Mist and Gebura themes have been mashed together and fused in this cover to try and make a more complete song.
Pigeon attempts to court falcon
Celestial Whale🐋🤍🌠 Commission for @omniiac! I'm loving designing these! So many nice ideas to work with
A backup account in case the other evaporate, you can find me lurking
178 posts