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It just hit me that Roma probably has a receding hairline by ITD because his dad was bald. My brain hurts.
Happy birthday Chloe, hope your characters become self aware and throw you a party <3 /j
Juliette gets a Juliette has a gun perfume for christmas
Secret Shanghai Characters' Powerpoints PART 3
Rosalind
Celia
Benedikt
I have officially done all of the characters, but I 100% will do more if you guys have more ideas :)
phoebe is so class of 2013 by mitski coded. if you even care
Secret shanghai incorrect quotes part I lost track
(Sorry for not posting one of these in a while, exams are kicking my ass rn and consequently I might just implode)
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*the squad is at a dinner party but someone has been murdered*
Oliver : You’re acting pretty carefree for someone who’s life’s at stake. Who’s to say you aren’t the killer?
Celia: It’s a murder, not a tax audit. I’ll be fine.
Silas: What about Roma? Nobody ever suspects Roma!
Roma: Well what about Phoebe? They have a gun!
Phoebe: Oliver has a knife.
Oliver : Yeah, for fun, not for murder! *stabs Silas in the arm*
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Phoebe: Rosalind, I screwed up, big time. Rosalind: Phoebe, given your daily life experiences, you’re gonna have to be more specific.
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Celia: I honestly feel like some of our conversations here are almost word-for-word accurate to the generator.
Juliette: Yup.
Roma: Maybe the generator is watching us.
Celia: Wouldn't that imply this conversation will be added?
Celia: ... Celia: Wait—
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*The squad's reaction to being told they're the chosen one*
Roma: I will not let you down.
Juliette: Sounds fun.
Oliver : K.
Orion: No, I'm fucking not.
Phoebe: Do I have to be?
Celia: Please god, I am so tired.
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Orion: Phoebe is at that very special age where a kid only has one thing on their mind.
Juliette: Boys?
Phoebe: Homicide.
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Rosalind: Oh man, you have any shaving cream?
Orion: No, I don't like the way that it tastes.
Rosalind: Wait... you eat shaving cream?
Orion: No. Why would I eat it if I don't like the taste.
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Marshall: I don't know, it's not my cup of tea.
Orion: Well then whose is it?
Marshall, staring at a cup of tea: I don't know!
-Orion
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Fhh and in true delights spoilers kind of
For some reason I cannot shake the feeling that Oliver and Celia both die of unnatural causes within 5-10 years of the ending of fhh/itd and I Do Not Like It
Some more Secret Shanghai incorrect quotes! (Some of these take place in a past timeline)
Katherina: Who the fuck broke the toaster? Phoebe: It was Marshall. Alisa: It was Marshall. Benedikt: Marshall broke it. Marshall: Marshall: ...yOU PROMISED-
Katherina: Mom, can I please borrow five dollars? Juliette: If you’re only borrowing it, does that mean you’ll pay me back at some point? Katherina: Of course. Katherina: Not directly, but with my love. Juliette: So that’s a no.
Orion: Hey, Rosalind, do you have feelings for me? Rosalind: Yeah, anger.
Alisa, about Oliver: I could fix him, but honestly whatever the hell is wrong with him is way funnier. Rosalind: That's what any god probably thinks about me.
Bendikt: My future partner must be brave, strong, intelligent, successful and organized. Marshall: *steps on a caterpillar and proceeds to drop to his knees and sob while apologizing profusely* Benedikt: That one. I want that one.
Silas: Not to be nsfw but I want someone to hold me while I sleep.
Rosalind: I lost Phoebe. Alisa: How did you LOSE Phoebe?! Rosalind: To be fair, she is very small.
Phoebe: How are you today? Silas: Please don’t make me think about my life.
Juliette: You either buckle down and do your work or you’ll end up at McDonalds. Katherina: We're going to McDonalds if I don't do my work? Juliette: NO-
Silas: Why can’t we all just get along?
Orion: Because most of us are assholes, Silas.
Rosalind: I hate you. Orion: Well, according to this picture I drew of us holding hands, that is untrue.
Silas: Are you really planning to shoot the demon? Phoebe: Don't worry, it's a holy gun. Silas: How so? Phoebe: It makes holes.
Marshall: Operation no more distractions is a go! *not even 10 seconds later* Marshall: Oh, look! A butterfly!
Alisa: *on the phone with Celia* I can’t talk right now, I’m doing hot girl shit. Celia: You’re pulling Oreos apart and saving off the frosting to make a mega Oreo, aren’t you. Alisa: Maybe.
Rosalind: What kinds of sounds annoy you? Orion: Are we talking real sounds or imaginary ones? Rosalind, now interested: Lets say imaginary. Orion: Spiders wearing flip flops.
Roma & Juliette: Do not come over to my house. If the house is on fire you may knock once, if I don’t answer assume I set the fire and I want to burn to death.
Orion, excitedly: Heeyy!! Silas: Hey, someone's excited. Oliver, deadpan: Yeah, and it's making me sick.
Katherina, who is planning to sneak out with Alisa: We need to distract these guys. Alisa: Leave it to me. Alisa: Centaurs have six limbs and are therefore insects. Discuss. Roma & Juliette: immediately begin arguing
FHH SPOILERS BELOW
Celia, to Oliver: Sorry it took so long to bail you out of jail. Silas: No, it was my fault actually. I shouldn't have used my phone call to prank call the police station.
Orion, no memories: Can I ask a dumb question?
Rosalind, exhausted : Better than anyone I know.
Phoebe: You really put aside everything and came all this way for me? How did you even get here so fast? Silas: Several traffic violations, three counts of resisting arrest, roughly thirteen cans of energy drinks, and that’s not my car. Phoebe: ...
Phoebe: What time is it? Orion: I don’t know; pass me that saxophone and we’ll find out Orion: *Plays sax loudly and extremely out of tune* Oliver: WHO THE FUCK IS PLAYING THE SAXOPHONE AT TWO IN THE MORNING Orion: It’s 2 am
Secret Shanghai incorrect quotes pt. 3
No particular spoilers this time, just vibes \(^-^)/
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Rosalind: You look mentally ill.
Celia: I am. Let’s go.
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Rosalind: Time sensitive question how flirt boy.
Silas: Throw rocks at he.
Alisa: Hot Dogs.
Celia: Kill him.
Rosalind: Thanks guys.
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Benedikt , opening a Capri Sun: Guess I'll drink my sorrows away.
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Roma: We need a distraction.
Phoebe: Is anyone here good at jumping up and down and making weird noises?
Alisa, whispering: My time has come.
Secret Shanghai incorrect quotes pt.2
Since my last post did quite well and a few people told me to continue, here you go :D
(Technically no spoilers this time unless you've not read flf/fhh at all and even then spoilers are pretty mild, but I'll put a cut just in case)
Rosalind: Sometimes I like to place my hands on someone’s cheeks, look into their eyes...
Rosalind: ...And violently jerk their head until it snaps.
Phoebe : ...That took an unexpected turn.
Celia: So did their neck.
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Store Worker: Would a “Roma” please come to the front desk?
Roma, arriving at the desk: Hello, is there a problem?
Store Worker, pointing to Alisa and Juliette : I believe they belong to you?
Alisa and Juliette , simultaneously: We got lost.
Roma: I didn’t even bring you guys here with me—
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Orion: Helpful grammar tip: “farther” is for physical distance, “further” is for methaphorical distance, and “father” is for emotional distance!
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Silas: I have been tricked, I have been backstabbed, and I have quite possibly been bamboozled.
In honor of Juliette Cai's 116th birthday, I would like to take a moment to make the claim that this woman would probably still be alive and well if she were real. I firmly believe that she has the strength and the spite in her to survive even the apocalypse.
So i was fooling around with an incorrect quotes generator and got s-tier comedy
Some ever so slight spoilers under the cut (if you haven't read that far into secret shanghai)
Phoebe: Why is it so hard for you to believe me?!
Silas: ...
Phoebe: Oh, right. The lying.
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Oliver: I don’t think we can mansplain, manipulate, or malewife our way out of it this time.
Orion: *cracks knuckles* Manslaughter it is!
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Alisa: Do you think different paints have different tastes?
Orion: They do.
Roma: ...Why did you say that with such certainty?
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Juliette: What’s up? I’m back.
Rosalind: I literally saw you die. You died. You were dead
Juliette: Death is a social construct.
Made a thing.
Cool, we've gotten a rosalindorion wedding story. Time for a philas one.
I feel like in fhh chloe is going to do significant damage to either oliver, silas, or both of them.
So I finished it.
It's 11:41 pm where I am. I have school tomorrow.
I am devastated.
This is the end.
I still remember the day I bought These Violent Delights, and now it's all over.
If the first verse of Spiracle by Flower Face isn't Orion to Rosalind or Silas to Phoebe or Juliette to Roma idk what is
Just
I want the parts of you you only show to the corner of your bathroom mirror/I want the parts of your hand-grenade heart that beat slowly with anger and fear
Take a shot every time a character winces in fhh
Raphael by Flower Face is so young Juliette/Roma coded
He loves her so much that he knew from the bottom of his heart he'd love her again even after he lost all his memories of pretty much everything i'm going to be sick
"She was so tired of herself." Rosalind :((
Treasure has been acquired, unfortunately I have School™️ and another book I desperately need to finish. My (spoiler free) opinions will arrive in 4-7 business days.
What if somebody (ahem Silas) gets into a car accident in FHH? I'm sorry but Phoebe and Silas could have their out of the woods moment. Or alternatively, Silas would probably get in a car accident because he's distracted because of emotional distress of learning Phoebe is Priest
I was so excited because like "omg the epilogue is leaked?????" and then I started reading and I was so confused. And i thought like. Why are they self aware.
Okay this is a Chloe prank. But from this we can deduce:
The epilogue takes place in May of 1932
They’re still living in Shanghai
Orion can sparkle in the sunlight????
BELOVED
“The first two buttons were undone, for absolutely no reason.” I’m crying
Let it be known that I will just disappear for a few days after September 26th because with school I am not going to be able to read FHH very fast and don't want spoilers. Then I will just suddenly reappear with a lot of things to say (how early is too early to post spoilers after a book release on this site anyway?).
@chloegong this is canon and we know it.
