08-14-2025, 04:04 PM
there's always the option that Caleb allows the chip to trigger when he feels its advantageous to be sidelined for a couple of days, when he wants to punish himself for his feelings, or when he wants to show his compliance / make it obvious that he's still "under control" or any combination of the above.
because yeah, you're right to point that out - just having incredibly possessive thoughts about MC triggered a total breakdown in Lucid Dream (my GOD, what a myth, i will never recover) and in the birthday / wedding / beach banners, there was bupkis on that front.
so either it's out, or Caleb is a little more in control of its functioning than we think he is. orrrrrrr the devs can't keep it straight which is more likely. i prefer thinking about watsonian explanations because the doylist take is sometimes very discouraging.
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i am really surprised there's no Pacific Rim AU out there already for all the boys. c'mon magic fanfic people, hop!
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EDIT: i just started the second chapter of the summer event with Caleb and ... his solution is to make a tracking device for the bird? is this man going to macguyver a control device out of some handy tin foil and paper clips?! my god. muahahahah!
because yeah, you're right to point that out - just having incredibly possessive thoughts about MC triggered a total breakdown in Lucid Dream (my GOD, what a myth, i will never recover) and in the birthday / wedding / beach banners, there was bupkis on that front.
so either it's out, or Caleb is a little more in control of its functioning than we think he is. orrrrrrr the devs can't keep it straight which is more likely. i prefer thinking about watsonian explanations because the doylist take is sometimes very discouraging.
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i am really surprised there's no Pacific Rim AU out there already for all the boys. c'mon magic fanfic people, hop!
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EDIT: i just started the second chapter of the summer event with Caleb and ... his solution is to make a tracking device for the bird? is this man going to macguyver a control device out of some handy tin foil and paper clips?! my god. muahahahah!
