The Swing

keep going bitch

Just watched ii finale part one so spoilers aheadd

First time rambling in a while ive just been lurking🥲

My god- id like to think that even if the creators of ii made the whole ‘mephone made the contestants” thing really recently- there was a pretty good set up to that especially in season 3

I believe that the contestants are people the way mephone and bot are conscious people even if they were created by someone with a different sole purpose

I think evidence of that is bow and dough being a ghost and the one of the main lessons in season 3 (specifically in bots arc) that and your identity and purpose is yours and yours only to create and decide and not something done by other people

I dont really see mephone being that much of a puppeteering villain as he has been seen caring for his contestants but also like there are people out there who can explain his complex character and decisions better than i can lmao

The implication that one of mephones favourite (if not his favourite) contestants was not actually one he created himself (bot) is kinda wild to me

-also like the amount of loose ends tied like THATS WHY THE CONTESTANTS STAYED IN THE HOTEL CUS THEY HAD NO WHERE ELSE TO GOOOO *sobs uncontrollably* like that explains why mephone can only revive his contestants and not like yk the world cus if mephone could do that i feel like cobs would have probably tried to capitalise it somehow

The implications that some characters may be a reflection of mephone like i saw somewhere that fan was a reflection or based on mephones love for reality tv and stuff ghdgrhs

SEASON 3 BEING CANON BROO AND CABBY BEING THERE does that mean theres a possible floor cameo (i miss him hes like my favorite💔)

Nickloon in season 2? unexpected but kinda funny i wonder how the hotel guests reacted to that and esp season 3 contestants interacting with the old contestants like mephone was gone for a day and a season was already over damn

I saw people talk about the whole like removing stuff and services from old phones or old designs in one of cobs ppt slides so im imagining that those who were deanimated first were the people mephone made first (since pickle oj and nickel were from season 1)

i hope theres a good end to the oj and paper conflict man ive missed them

it makes me wonder how much of oj pickle nickel and other deanimated characters would probably be like if or when they wake up like would they be back to normal or would they be how mephone originally thought they would be like

Also did mephone create toilet

At the end of the day its a win for me if i see the floor again :’)

If any of y’all didn’t know, there’s a free online library, aka

https://openlibrary.org/

and I found like, twelve ebooks I’ve been wanting to read on there, and blasted through like three of them during the course of a boring-ass shift.

Fic: rolled a nat 1 on intelligence

A/N: I was inspired to write this ficlet by @7-sided-dice's headcanon about the Halverton boys playing D&D :D It's a double drabble, or 200 words exactly - I was considering not doing a drabble derivative this time around, but the wordcount turned out really close to 200 anyway, and the editing and touching up always makes my writing better, so I like it xD

Shout out to the anon who asked for more Halverton fics! I hope you enjoy!

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It was going well, Scott told himself. Sure, Van and Gian had bickered for ten minutes over whose character would be the tallest, and Sungchul had wanted more subclasses than was possible, but after a few turns they'd settled down and got into it.

Now, they were hanging on his every word as he described the scene.

"The door creaks open to reveal an old room, dust hanging thick in the air. But you can just make out a spectral figure hovering in the middle. This spirit may be here to offer information. Or mislead you to your doom."

"We could ask it about the weird tome we found," Sungchul conferred with the others.

"We should leave it alone," Gian countered. "I think it's a trap. Let's investigate the room."

But Van looked directly at Scott. "I stab the ghost!" he declared.

"You-" Scott began.

"With my sword," Van added, in case that wasn't clear.

The other two stared. Scott could feel his headache from earlier returning. "Before we do this, I just want to check, are you su-"

"Yes."

Scott suppressed a sigh and considered crumpling up his notes.

"Okay." It had been going well. "Everyone roll for initiative…"

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A/N: I've played D&D twice ever - three times if you count the practice session a friend and I did to get the hang of the mechanics - but in one of those sessions, which was with a group of friends of friends, I was playing a Swashbuckler Rogue and I decided that stabbing the ghost seemed like something my character would do, so I did it xD When I was looking for ideas for Halverton chaos, it was the perfect inspiration :D

Look, proof from my notes!

One of these days I will get the chance to play more D&D.

I thought about giving the fic a more "D&D-realistic" title since I'm pretty sure rolling a nat 1 on intelligence isn't a thing, and then I rationalised that it didn't have to make sense and it was better than my other ideas xD

okay but when sakura does eventually become the top of bofurin he is going to be absolutely adored by the whole community??

with umemiya its a little different because umemiyas charm comes from his friendly, head empty demeanor. little old ladies are charmed by his good looks and big heart that cares about nothing but the happiness of his town and his potted green peppers.

sakura, however, gains the EXACT SAME LEVEL of popularity for entirely different reasons.

im obsessed w the idea of no. 1 badass fighter and leader of the most powerful gang in the city sakura who has everyones respect yeah sure but also. also its an olympic sport for everyone everyday to try and make him blush. umemiya had the kinda raw charisma to help lil old ladies cross the street for no reason, but with sakura the little old ladies LOVE to goad him to giving piggy back rides... if only because he acts like he hates it the whole time and then proceeds to fold and do it every single time.

LIKE IDK. theres something so funny about bofurin leader Sakura being so ready and down to fight and protect bofurin's honor 24/7 only to find that most other faction leaders would rather compete to see who can make him combust from affection first. sure yeah shishitoren loves having their monthly spars with bofurin but right now they are locked in an INSTANT DEATH deuce with roppo ichiza on who can get sakura to say the cutest most sappiest shit about the power of their friendship.

YES everyone has a healthy fear of god and would never want to actually piss off and fight sakura. YES bofurin is still the scariest group this side of the city if they really want to be. YES sakura fills out umemiyas legacy perfectly and they couldn't have chosen a better successor — BUT

its way funnier like this

Pnf’s best character arc was buford going from ‘generic bully’ to ‘choatic weirdo’

Some Eugene stickers uwu

Every time I see Shin in his baggy sleeveless top and jacket combo, I feel like a victorian man seeing a woman's ankle for the first time whenever his shoulders are exposed.