#But he’s still very ambitious

[otaku553]

Haha

#yanqing #honkai star rail #hsr yanqing #my immediate fixation on ice wielding child genius characters in every media I consume strikes again #idk I just think he’s neat!! and so is his gender #he’s definitely overdesigned but I do enjoy the general shape of his clothes #like wow… baggy outer layer AND baggy inner layer #how come you get to have two baggy layers #still don’t know that much about him even after reading his character stories on the wiki #so I’m hoping that his quest writes him well #I suppose there’s some degree of like interesting contrast in the fact that he’s very young on a ship full of people who live very long live #but I feel like regardless they really don’t give him much of a personality besides his hyperfixation on swords and the general naivety and #inexperience from youth yknow what I mean #I just think it would be cool to see like why he’s so ambitious! was he railroaded into being a knight because of his talents? did he try #to be accepted as a knight? what kinds of expectations is he facing and what expectations does he place on himself as a result #I really hope he isn’t just there to be a simpler minded child character for jingyuan to take care of

[bewareofthenewphannie]

I love how dan helps phil without hesitation and without phil having to ask because it so clearly makes him happy to see phil happy and to see his vision work out and it's so easy and natural...and then he pushes the candyfloss into the glass at the end. everything in perfect balance, as it should be.

#I think the ease of it all is whay makes it so cool to watch #they just work together so well #and dan's still competitive and still very ambitious to be great at his own thing but he also wants phil to do well #dan and phil #phan

[immunetoneurotoxin]

“Not a soul assigned to their case at the Bureau could make sense of their existence. There wasn’t a single scientist, parapsychologist, doctor, or specialist with over a dozen PHD’s under the sun that could figure them out. Pyrokinesis in a human? They defy every law of nature, yet they exist amongst humanity regardless. How do you explain that?” “The truth is that there are a lot of unknown things out there in the world that mankind hasn't even begun to scratch the surface of. Everyone flocked to this case trying to find rational answers, but there aren’t any. Look at the files in your hands. By the eyes of science, Pyro should not exist. Don’t you know what happens to things mankind doesn’t understand? The Bureau has done sickening things to them in the name of research.” “That’s why I helped them escape, Conagher.”

Excerpt from the novel INCENDIARY; A TF2 Pyro origin story Read the latest chapter of 'Incendiary' on AO3 here! Artwork created by the incredible @narklos ♡ 

#tf2 #tf2 pyro #if you're reading this hello!! I'm the author of this story! #I was basically struck with an idea one day... what if I created a whole pyro origin story with deep world building and original characters #7 years later here I am :) #the pyro origin story nobody asked for but is getting anyways! #while it is on track to be a origin-type novel it is also still very much a self-indulgent fanfic #I still have a long ways to go before this fic is done but this is by far one of the most ambitious projects Ive ever done for any fandom #and I hope you all love it too <3 #also CAN I JUST SAY #NARKLOS IS A GOD #I gave him a vision and he just blew my fucking mind away with the final product that I'm still in awe about this #Narklos if you're reading this ILY and I can't wait to work with you again <3 #also I should mention that the excerpt IS in the story but in a future chapter that isn’t out yet #but it was fitting for this post :)

[pearlcscent]

𝐴𝑁𝐴 𝐿𝑈𝐼𝑆𝐴 𝑑𝑎 𝐶𝑅𝑈𝑍 of THE CELESTIALS ​

Well, did you miss me? Walk on water just to kiss me  Oh, come and get me. Drag me out, destroy me @infamous-if

#c: ana luisa da cruz #BABYDOLL #she's gonna be romancing seven and g!! #she'll be breaking up a marriage i am so sorry to victoria it is what it is #ana's very ambitious; she has wanted fame and the spotlight all her life #ig because her parents never really gave it to her so she had to chase the whole world for it #having to fend for herself has made her quite the sweet talker/charmer; she's very outgoing despite becoming more reserved after seven left #the band knows everything that has happened between; iris knowing all the knitty gritty #ana has really latched onto her #between them* #i think once seven and ana started dating some of the friendships weren't as close as they once were #i imagine seven and ana were obsessed with each other GHKJH #and ana hasn't removed the tattoo of his initials #she still loves him #part of her hates herself for not having it removed as soon as he left GHJJH #i think her romance with griffin is gonna be less about love at first and more about the thrill #if she's really capable of having a married man; her idol; in her hands #her parents always gave her everything she has ever wanted since it was easier #so ana has a warped view of things in that sense #she wants it; she'll have it #something something about seven in there #perhaps pursuing her idol is the only way to forget the only person she has ever loved #also she's brazilian <3 #r: the celestials #s: infamous #*mine

[httpiastri]

don't mind me, i'm just crying listening to vienna and thinking about ollie…….

#ollie darling…. when will you realize ferrari waits for you? #this weekend still feels very surreal to me…. did that actually happen? did ollie actually drive f1 and score points?? #sorry but the song just screams ollie #'slow down you crazy child; you're so ambitious for a juvenile' him being dissatisfied with quali when he's up against literal legends #'you better cool it off before you burn it out' the pressure…… #'slow down you're doing fine; you can't be everything you want to be before your time' #i just wanna grab his shoulders and shake him like 'you're doing so well!! relax a little!! we're proud already!!!' #'you got your passion; you got your pride. but don't you know that only fools are satisfied?' #heart breaking slowly but surely…… #cant tell if i want to write a standalone fic abt him based on the song or if i just wanna include it in my jeddah chapter of perfectly fine #had a rlly bad day so i probs won't answer my asks but i'll do it soon! promise!

[wonder-worker]

"[Alice Perrers] requested that she be buried in the parish church of Upminster, St Laurence, before the altar of the Virgin Mary. Alice seems to have had an affinity with Mary through her life; a seal of hers from c. 1374 shows an image of the Virgin Mary and child, her tabernacle seized in 1377 had an image of the Virgin Mary on it, and now she wished to be buried before Mary’s altar."

-Gemma Hollman, "The Queen and the Mistress: The Women of Edward III"

#historicwomendaily #alice perrers #my post #I didn't know about this but it's so very intriguing #I wonder if Alice associated herself with Mary to try and assert her own 'quasi-queenship' #(ie: the most powerful woman in the country at the side of a king) #as Mary was obviously important element of queenly iconography in late medieval England #though on the flip side I suspect it would have also raised hackles that Alice - a commoner and royal mistress - was attempting #to present herself in such a way #it's especially interesting to consider in the context of Tompkins' argument that Alice was perceived as 'inverting queenship' (slay) #also this book was ... complicated. #It's very understanding and sympathetic and raised some very good points #but also tried to...massively soften Alice's actions and downplay her role and power in the process #(ie: defending her by diminishing her) #also there's this gem: #'Edward had been markedly restrained with the gifts and favour he had bestowed upon Alice' girl that is a flat-out lie #no other royal mistress of medieval England was ever given so much or honored in such a way. #yes we should emphasize Alice's own proactive role and intelligence in building up her vast estates #but even if that hypothetically hadn't happened #Edward's grants and gifts would have still made her extremely wealthy and powerful regardless #and was also weirdly obsessed with romanticizing Edward III and it got kinda questionable #like yes obviously I think we should ascribe more nuanced motivations and emotions to *Alice* than 'ambitious gold-digger #taking advantage of an aging king' #but I'm not fond of it veering too far on the other side either #I think sometimes we should simply be comfortable admitting when we simply don't know something

[masquenoire]

Rate your muse’s traits 0-10!

Compassion: 1/10 Bitterness: 8/10 Happiness: 8/10 Politeness: 0/10 Chivalry: 2/10 Pride: 10/10 Honesty: 10/10 Bravery: 8/10 Recklessness: 9/10 Ambition: 10/10 Loyalty: 2/10 Love: 4/10 Sense of family: 1/10 Attractiveness: ?/10 Agility: 8/10 Sex drive: 9/10

Tagged byStolen from: @question-marked Tagging: Whoever wants to do it!

#💀 || dashboard games #Did this last night for Copperhead and honestly the results are too funny not to do it for Roman too #He is such a scummy bastard haha #Physically he isn't conventionally attractive #He was incredibly handsome before the mask melted into his face so now it's up to other people whether or not that's still attractive? #He has a charismatic personality but it's like ground glass asdffghj #Very fucking ambitious and nasty man #I guess that has it's own appeal plus the wealth #Oh yeah and he's not loyal to you #But he sure as hell expects loyalty from YOU #Otherwise he'd sell your soul to Satan for a corn chip and he doesn't even like corn chips

[ilynpilled]

george did not write “if i were a woman id be cersei” and vice versa as correct statements imo. while i do believe that their respective trials that they faced as a result of their gender had grave effects on them as people and shaped them into much of what they are, i still think there are fundamental differences in nature. like this is demonstrated by how differently they acted as little children (treatment of tyrion, murder of melara, etc). i think they have some core distinctions. especially with what they personally desire the most above all else and their differing levels of empathy. this was no doubt influenced by their experiences and societal roles as well but i do still think it is part of their nature too. they have some very interesting and important similarities, but they are by no means the exact same only distinguished by experiences. i think it is always a mix of nature and nurturer, like your experiences can suppress or intensify certain qualities that you have, for better or worse. they have agency. they responded to their trauma in their own way. the twins not being the same person on a fundamental level is meant to be subversive. put in opposite positions i do not think we would have the exact same people just switched. like this feels like it is emphasized in the text to me

#like even when jaime says that line it feels ironic #he says hed make them kill him #but cersei did in fact go thru that #and she did not make them kill her #once again just random twitter thread was put on my feed #dont even disagree w some of it #just believe this part is not very correct #i always wondered if they were opposite genders they might have turned out to be more well adjusted #maybe yes maybe not we cant know for sure it depends on the circumstances #i do think it seems to allign w their core desires more and could end up being less devastating #u can argue how that core desire really developed in cersei to begin with #but still i think she is just an inherently more ambitious person than jaime in this regard #like maybe cers would have a healthier relationship w power if she had more access to it #but then again like both are constructs that could destroy them anyway #there is an inherent violence present in both that could destroy a person #like it did the both of them in canon #so that might happen again but just in different ways #and if we r gonna get into the biology of it (not that it matters its not like asoiaf canon is good at this shhshs) they are fraternal twins #same as regular siblings

[maggiecheungs]

DOI BOY (2023) dir. Nontawat Numbenchapol

#doi boy #Nontawat Numbenchapol #thai movie #thai cinema #Ud Awat #Aelm Bhumibhat #screencaps #myfilmgallery #still figuring out my thoughts about this one… but it was very interesting! a very very bold film to make #i know we're all wary of netflix originals but considering the content this literally couldn't have been made any other way #anyway! this film is very distinctly nontawat's directorial style #ambitious in its intent and design. dreamlike and detached in its execution. #i tend to find his films more conceptually interesting than emotionally engaging but i do think he’s one of the most distinctive and… #…interesting directorial voices in thai cinema today #he kind of reminds me of Anocha Suwichakornpong actually! #Ellisedits

[andthebeanstalk]

I HAVE BEEN LEARNING ABOUT MISTER AUGUSTUS OCTAVIAN/OCTAVIUS GAIUS CAESAR SINCE 8TH GRADE. HOW AM I STILL LEARNING MORE THINGS ABOUT HIM THAT MAKE ME GO "octavius babe holy shit what the fuck what the FUCK dude"

#roman history #overly sarcastic productions #Augustus Caesar #octavian caesar #octavius caesar #original #like is he as crazy as nero? no. but the thing about emperors like nero and caligula is that while a lot of us know their names because #they were so unhinged - they were too violent and volatile to actually have very effective reigns as rulers. #their effect on history is limited in some ways because a mad king will go down in history for madness but little else #but Augustus Caesar was the most ruthless ambitious terrifying motherfucker to ever meddle in the Mediterranean #he makes Julius Caesar look chill. he was so GOOD at political ruthlessness during a time of upheaval that he made himself into a GOD #we still have months named after him and his adoptive father and i live in North America just about 2000 years after he died! #he re shaped a huge part of the world and i have been studying greco roman culture for so much of my life and HOW is it i JUST #found out that this bitch SACRIFICED OTHER ROMANS TO THE GODS. WHICH WAS NOT. A. THING. PEOPLE. DID. EVER. IN. ROME. #and then AFTER THAT he becomes a GOD EMPEROR. how???? #did the sacrifices... WORK?! #like i cannot emphasize enough that I have learned specifically about Roman culture for years #and this is the first I have ever heard of an instance of human sacrifice. it wasn't a thing! it was wicked not a part of their religion!! #and he just did it as a political move. because he was fucking crazy. #and I'm just going to go ahead and use that language because I am a person with severe mental illness and you can bite me. #octavius caesar was fucking crazy. not in the mental illness sense tho - in the HOLY SHIT THAT SHIT IS FUCKING CRAZY sense #although All Things Considered he probably did at least have some kind of trauma regarding all the murder and war and stuff #I once saw a gender swapped production of Julius Caesar and it was really good #and I remember being terrified of my friend lucette playing Octavius. it was great #HUMAN SACRIFICES. IN FUCKING ROME. WHAT. FUCKING WHAT. I AM LOSING MY MIND #how the FUCK did this man manage to remain politically successful after this????? I guess it helped that there was no internet #it's not that I'm surprised about brutality in Rome it was their whole brand it's that this particular form of violence is extremelY #not something that romans DID. like it just wasn't part of the culture this wasn't a thing

[evie-doesnt-write]

I cannot be the only one who genuinely thought Snow was more sympathetic in the actual book?

#like don’t get me wrong he’s still very much a pos and you can see it even before his descent #but in many scenes he’s also just a boy. he’s ambitious cunning and often shitty (his view on the districts and plinths) #but also he loves wants to be good (even tho his vision of it is skewed) and can be very genuine #he’s also an unreliable narrator I feel even about himself #he’ll say something like ‘i’m only doing this for my own benefit’ but it won’t always be the case #but that doesn’t change the fact that in the end he choose power and control over all else slowly killing all parts of him that were good #in order to further his goals #he continuously chooses himself #idk i’m not doing a great job explaining I’ll probably need to reread the book #but yeaj #coriolanus snow

[nebulaeyedfish]

once again im drawing my cringe fail loser bird guy <3 <3 <3

See pinned for commissions

Tag list: @swanofstorie @flyingfish1234

#Dnd #d&d #dungeons and dragons #ttrpg #aaracokra #aarakocra #scarlet macaw #oc #dnd character #bird #nebulaeyedart #reddwin #I LOVE MY CRINGE FAIL BITCH BOY HES SO CRINGE I LOVE HIM #I feel like i draw him all the time but tbh i don't think i've finished all that many pieces of him #most of the time when i draw him its as a doodle #his face is very doodleable but i realised it doesn't translate very easily into actual rendered pieces rip. #anyway i've been afk for a few days so haven't had much time to draw so this was my fun warm up piece #unfortunatly most of the things i'm working on atm are either private commissions which probably won't get posted here #or are paintings that are going to take quite a bit of work to finish #I promise you i am working on things still it is just a combo of they're very ambitious & i started a new job U Know

[comradedanipedrosa]

Finished the brawn docu. Two thoughts

1. Barrichello deserved that championship based, if nothing, on I feel bad for him reasoning

2. Listening to anthony hamilton speak like. Finally. Understand where lewis gets it from

#‘it’ being the life coach motivational speaker core speech. pattern. really #the contrast between what anthony would say had it been lewis vs what jenson’s dad Actually told him 😭 #very cool to me though that his dad just wasn’t that ambitious or atleast he never showed it not like so many other sports parents #also mad how a show about jb’s championship winning season made me come out of it thinking ‘wow. poor rubens’ as my first thought 😭 #I love that old man now…. #f1 #a lot of it I knew from his book but still wow

[knackfandomarchive]

I had a dream I saw lots of KNACK fanart from a couple different people. Often pieces where Knack is fairly large and interacts with one other character or the environment. That's pretty neat!

I think the other characters shown were Lucas, the Doctor, and Charlotte. But not all together.

Also in the dream, a mutual made a great point when he said he couldn't have done as much as he did without commissioning some other people to help.

#wish I could remember what the art looked like #I was/am so happy and excited! #but it's also a hint that I can't do all my ambitious stuff alone #or at least not within a short time frame #one time i dreamt #text post #discoknack (me) #i still think it’s hilarious that I complained to my dad IRL that I found perspective to be very difficult #ans his response was “just make a 3D model” #he's probably right tho #rambling now.

[lucy-ghoul]

I just realized what's wrong with the Targaryen wigs in HotD: they don't look like Targaryen hair, they look like they were stolen from the Malfoys. They all share one (1) or at best two wigs in toto and it makes them look like freaking Lucius Malfoy clones

#jokes aside episode 1 was quite good (yes i finally caved in and started watching the fire lizards show) #there were many nice touches that made me go 'mmmmh good stuff.' #1. the juxtaposition of aemma's horrific death in childbirth/the knights killing each other at the tournament #clearly reminiscent of that quote from one of brienne's chapters... heh now i can't fully remember it in english #2. THEY NAME-DROPPED THE SONG OF ICE AND FIRE (which was never even remotely referred to in got) #the whole thing about aegon and the prophecy has been a particularly favorite fan theory of mine for years and i'm happy it's canon #fake lizard monarchs haters gonna hate :)) #tho it's VERY bittersweet considering the got finale... like the prince that was promised was *spins roulette* #a stark all along? like randomly? (and no obviously i'm not talking about jon. he *is* half targaryen after all) #and let's not forget about the true heir being put down like a mad bitch because d&d liked jon better (since he's a man) #and were like 'revolutionary who wants to help people/actually abolished slavery in another continent bad. let's enforce the status quo :))) #(also the double standards. war crimes are okay only if other nobles do it - especially the starks. if you have a dragon and are a woman #and dare to be slightly mortally grey and/or ambitious... in 2 days you're gonna burn children alive!! because ofc.) #..... *cough cough* okay salty rant is over. let's go on with val's hotd first impressions #2. i didn't hate matt smith as daemon and he's particularly good at looking upset and/or sad but i still think he was miscast #3* #like he CAN act and it shows. but it's as if he were making an effort to appear more believable for this role #idk maybe he'll grow on me in the next eps. also his interactions with rhaenyra were a++ but that's nothing new #can't wait for this girl to fuck her uncle ig (...... what did i become skskksks) #4. i also liked rhaenyra&alicent's interactions. this is gonna be another tragic former besties to worsties for me to cry on :((( #5. i mostly liked the costumes. i liked how this is all about the patriarchy (at least so far). i liked the slight but still noticeable #references to the main show (the music. rhaenyra being an obvious dany lookalike. #lord stark pledging his fealty to her while viserys' voice over is speaking about the threat in the north. #viserys telling her 'promise me rhaenyra. promise me' in what i believe is an echo of lyanna's last words to ned... i think? #like it can't be accidental) #god i missed being excited over this stupid and gorgeous series #obv it helps that i actually never read fire&blood (should i?) and i'm only familiar with the events/characters from twoiaf #house of the dragon #val speaks #txt

[stirdrawsandreblaws]

almost everyone who told me i'm "probably autistic" did so immediately after experiencing me infodumping abt shion oops

and now i'm fucking bouncing in my chair getting hype abt shion (again) (as i often do) and also wondering how it took so long for me to get diagnosed when i've always been like this lmao

#stirring up trouble #this is abt shion king of fighters if you're randomly stumbling across this where that context is unclear #he's so cool he has so many weapons and a fantastic design and he's very gender and i love him so so so much #incredibly fun to fight and to play god xi really is still my favorite kof game after all these years almost entirely bc of him #(i mean oswald and duck king are cool dgmw; xi was really ambitious and it was the last time we saw a decent king design too but yeah) #(CMON SNK BRING BACK KING'S SUITS. XV did better than XIII and XIV but they keep making her less androgynous and i hate it)