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Moonlit Lake πŸŒŠπŸŒ™

@moonlit-lake-sys

Dissociative system of way too many. Sign-offs will be used via tags on our posts (see the blog's pinned post for more info). We use they/them, he/him, & luna/lunars pronouns collectively. Kay and Moonlit are our collective names (though Moonlit is preferred). 20 y/o. γ€Š[[Current hyperfixes: HLVRAI & TF2.]]》
Hello!

This is our introductory post! We are Moonlit Lake, a dissociative system of wayyy too many. To help indicate who posts what, we will use our sign-off emojis in our post tags (yes, including reblogs).

We will not put every single member here for comfort reasons (plus the list would be very long), so here's just some of our frequent fronters:

β€’ Nico/Bear (πŸ’–) [Host]

β€’ Klaus (πŸ‘») [Host]

β€’ Frankie (πŸ’₯) [Co-Host]

β€’ Benrey (πŸ›‚) [Co-Host]

β€’ Cr1TiKaL (🌢)

β€’ Sans / WDG-1 S (🩻)

If we are dissociating or fuzzy, we will use this emoji: πŸ‘₯

Some of our headmates may have their own blogs, but I will not link them for their own comfort!

Check out our art at our sideblog: @moonlit-artwork

ROUND 1 MATCH 3

[image id: an image showing the contestants for this round of the tf2 polycule swag bracket.

there is a separator going through the middle with a modified team fortress 2 logo, so that the middle is a heart rather than a circle. in the background there is a faint view of red howells polyamorous flag, under a heavy brown tint.

on the left, blu pyro, red spy, and blu engineer are all standing close together. on the right, blu spy, red engineer, and red sniper are also standing close to one another. /end id.]

ROUND 1 MATCH 3

[image id: an image showing the contestants for this round of the tf2 polycule swag bracket.

there is a separator going through the middle with a modified team fortress 2 logo, so that the middle is a heart rather than a circle. in the background there is a faint view of red howells polyamorous flag, under a heavy brown tint.

on the left, blu pyro, red spy, and blu engineer are all standing close together. on the right, blu spy, red engineer, and red sniper are also standing close to one another. /end id.]

HE IS HERE! AND REUNITED WITH HIS DEAR HEAVY!

The pins I got with them are supposed to mirror the pocket buddy cosmetics in-game, btw. I keep the pins on the plushies.

They're cuddling. All tucked in. :)

Lil piggyback ride.

Once again, huge shout-out to @niblets-criblet for making such awesome plushies! I'm so grateful that I picked one of these up before they sold out. I know the Medic is out of stock (again), but still keep an eye out! They're always working on something huge, I know it. I look forward to your next projects!

It's still March 9th for me, so... happy 3rd anniversary to the first HLVRAI episode on YouTube! I've been in this fandom for just under a year and I've met so many talented, funny, and kind people in this community. I'm so glad that this series led me to meeting people who I consider very close friends now. Thank you all. :]

I'm a firm believer in the idea that Pyro doesn't naturally see in "Pyrovision," but that it's a side effect of their mask/the optics inside it. I feel like they still know what they're doing, though. The rest of the mercs very much know the reality of their job, although some of them see it in a slightly different perspective.

Sniper sees his job as assassinating those who deserve it β€” only killing people who are "rotten" (as described by his adoptive mother.)

He says himself in the Meet The Sniper short that he isn't a "crazed gunman." He doesn't kill for the sake of killing, he only kills who he thinks should be killed. He's an assassin, it's an occupation. He does it for his job, and states that as a professional, he has standards.

Heavy sees his job as getting rid of "evil men." When discussing taking back his job, he emphasizes that specifically. He isn't just killing anyone, he's killing those who are deemed the bad guys.

We also know he does all he can to protect his family, and his family knows this just as well. He only attacks when it is necessary for him and his family's safety, and/or will benefit them in some capacity. (He's gone through a lot and I feel like we as a fandom don't discuss that enough. I did an analysis over Heavy's past one time in a Discord server and I might post it here if anyone is interested.)

In the Meet The Pyro video, we see how they allegedly view the world. A fairytale-like place full of rainbows, bubbles, sparkles, and almost cherub-esque versions of the enemy mercs.

While it is very easy to just assume this is how they view everything naturally, I don't think it's ever been 100% confirmed that this is the case.

The biggest thing for me is the Pyrovision Goggles in-game. The fact that they can be worn by any class, and it effects all of the mercs the same way, makes me believe that it truly is a result of the optical mask/the lenses within them that makes Pyro see what they do. It would've been so easy to make this cosmetic only available to Pyro, but it isn't.

The fact the goggles includes the "optical mask" text in the center, much like Pyro's mask itself, just pushes the idea that Pyroland is all an optical illusion. Obviously it was never real in the first place, but I don't think it's how Pyro sees everything naturally.

Tying back to the beginning of this post, I believe Pyro knows what they're doing. They know that they're spreading fire and not bubbles and rainbows. But perhaps they keep the mask on for the sake of their own psyche, to make it easier for them to do their job. Much like how Heavy and Sniper justify their jobs by seeing it as killing "evil men," or killing those who are "rotten," maybe Pyro uses their mask and goggles to tune out the dark truth of what they do. It could be yet another reason as to why Pyro never removes their mask.