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Mutuals in different timezones:

Turn based friendship

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.

Just yeet a whole blender at your enemies. Without the lid it will make a deadly weapon when it contacts the enemy

Wow this is just like limbus company

the contrabass saxophone is such an absurd instrument

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

You and your sibling have opposite powers. Your sibling can charge objects with potential and kinetic energy, while you can absorb potential and kinetic energy. Most of the time, people are worried about your sibling. That is until you lose control of your powers.

WHAT THE FUUUUUUCK ME ME ME ME ME ME

Hey bird experts of tumblr, there's a bird nest I just discovered on a gutter on our back porch with eggs in it. We have frequent storms, are having 70mph winds here in a bit, and it's (in my opinion) low to the ground for a birds nest. Should I be worried?

Not sure what bird laid these but the adult birds have went back to the nest and hung out there (poor pic quality cause I didn't want to get super close to the nest, but its like. Right outside the door.)

Stupid gentaarrr

EYESTRAIN

Eyestrain

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YOU KNOW WHAT DAY IT IS

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