#off the fucking path

[krispdreemurr]

constantly thinking abt how in Undertale the consequences for violence are immediate and lasting while in Deltarune you have to actively work to make violence "stick". like not that there's no neutral vs pacifist differences but the plot absolutely continues on as if nothing happened while Undertale a single death changes the entire ending and structure. the way a broken snowgrave run immediately reroutes everything back onto the rails. the quick dismissals and movings on. it just feels like the entire world is trying to avoid thinking about violence or assigning consequences unless forced to do so

#deltarune snowgrave #also ofc the fact that violence against darkners is treated as less real/meaningful #and all the fucked up implications of that #this is inspired by a reddit post i saw abt the childrens bead toy in the hospital #which remains the funniest source of Deeplore Info. this fuckin bead toy #but a bead only leaves the path if its broken off by force.

[circus-k]

they stopped the mississippi purchase together dan and swampy told me so. besties who hate eachother

#just doodles #art #mml #milo murphy's law #vinnie dakota #savannah #do we know her full name????? #mml savannah #savannah mml #that should cover it................... younger designs for them based on the first impressions episode and what my heart tells me #dakota is like. me an the bestie!!! and savannah fucking hates him. not really but she finds him soooo annoying but deep down she cares #post-mississippi i think the timestream healed around everything and they basically had to integrate into a new timeline and went on #different paths #savannah continued to commit herself and takes everything super seriously #while dakota was like. holy shit this new timeline is goated. and its less that he slacked off but more that he was safe enough to relax #and isnt gonna let anything go to waste

[pcktknife]

I hate when I start acting like a brat in splatoon when we're losing and then the scores come up and I'm in last fucking place as if me covering the ground and screaming this way at my dumbass team isnt doing anything

#my job in rainmaker is making paths and no one ever fucking follows me if we lose thats on you for not paying attention #maybe i dont kill enough people but i try my best to get u where u need to be *grits teeth* but it doesnt matter if you dont move #whatever ill grab the rainmaker and kill myself and piss us all off who cares #kae.txt

[carnivalcarriondiscarded]

a lil while back i had a dream where there was a giant hippo in the road with moose antlers. i've never climbed a tree faster

#leapt out of the dream car and sprinted for the nearest tree #i did Not come down by the time i woke up. not a chance in hell #this sounds silly #but imagine driving down a dark forest road at night #and then theres this huge hulking thing with reflective eyes and huge bowl like antlers #Right in your path #and you understand fully well how fucking Dangerous hippos are #YOU'D CLIMB A TREE TOO #i was not gonna wait for that car to turn around #it would not be fast enough #absolutely unprompted #like the Legitimate dread/survival response i had in the dream.... #usually when it comes to flight/fight i choose fight #but holy fuck i am Not gonna fight a hippo. thats not how i wanna go out #its even funnier because there was a real moose. an unnaturally big one but yk #but the car scared it off #and it ran only to reveal The Hippo waiting down the road #new cyrptid: hippo with moose antlers in mountain forests. lurking at night

[lululeighsworld]

THEY DEVASTATINGLY WALLOPED ME FOR THESE BRIEF FEW SECONDS

#leigh's magneto hours #THERE'S SO MUCH TO UNPACK HERE. ESPECIALLY THE ALMOST TOUCHING FOREHEADS BIT. #magneto's 'my path is too littered with error' #;WWWWWWW; #and rogue's 'you have to earn people's trust' #LIKE!!!!! AND THEN HE DIRECTLY GOES FOR THE 'ooooo i feared you'd do your best to avoid being alone with me.' WITH THE HAND GRAB!!!! #YOU FEARED???? YOU FEARED?!?! FEARED FOR WHAT. OLD MAN WHAT ARE YOU SAYING #AND THEN HE GOES TO TRY AND TAKE OFF THE GLOVE. AS IF WE DIDN'T JUST ADDRESS TRUST #dnvjdxbvjhdbvhdx. this man. i swear. you are giving me signals that you want to be more open and then YET YOU BRING UP OLD BAGGAGE #he's like 'oh i just got rejected. well now time to deflect.' LIKE AAAAAAAAA #this moment coupled with the moment at the end is making me crazy #sorry to my followers who never expected me to be into xmen???? im here now. im so ill with it. #i can probably assure there will be more rogneto on this blog here in the future. this is your warning #i just feel like ive been fucking SPOON FED oh my god. crossing my fingers we get more messy feelings between them.

[illmoraineakoi]

What if the Pale King locked himself away in the Dream Realm to recreate what he did to the Hollow Knight? After the Vessel leaked and he realized that it most likely had capability enough to suffer, but far far too late to even hope to do anything to fix it. He was beyond the point of no return, there was nothing he could do to undo the Sealing. And even if he could, there were no other options that he could think of of what to do about the Blazing Light.

He had no choice but to keep the Vessel sealed. No choice but to watch his kingdom crumble. There was nothing he could do.

Nothing, but to seal himself away in a self-imposed punishment in the exact same way he imparted onto his only (known) living child.

A weak attempt to impose the same agony onto himself as he forced onto them.

And should the people of his kingdom stop worshiping him and forget he exists, dwindling his power and life to a pathetic end?

Well...

Perhaps that might've been for the best.

#hollow knight #Pale King #Potential Headcanon #Thinkin about this soggy worm again #I don't actually think this is the case I just think it's an interesting concept #Though perhaps not entirely out of the realm of possibility from what we know of PK's character #PK locked his most shameful memory behind the Path of Pain and the Entirety of the Dream White Palace could be an extension of that #in a sort of ''No one's allowed in but also HE'S not allowing himself to leave either'' way #The Sealing was meant to be permanent and eternal so I don't think PK made a 'back door' in case things went wrong either #Back doors are weak points and a potential escape route is something you don't want when dealing with the Radiance #So even if PK WANTED to get Hollow out of there I don't think he was actually ABLE to do so #Presuming he didn't know about the Dream Nail #Which had to of been fucking AGONY for him #''Oh shit my Vessel-child is actually alive and I just put a pissed off god inside of them aND I CAN'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT FUCK FUCK FUCK' #*chucks depression meds at PK* Boi get off ur ass and at least try to do smth don't just wait around till u die ffs

[gunstellations]

"お前は失ってばかりじゃねえ"

"you haven't only received loss"

#who wouldve guessed more 07 ghost art.... #almost done with the anime now but ep 20 ish took me OUT my heart is bursting #copying the text i wrote for ig here: #i was initially going to just use the english as a caption but it really doesnt get the emotion across properly. #spent a good fifteen minutes rephrasing thr words as accurately to the original quote as possible while maintaining the intention. #affirming that he's gained so much (cherished people and experiences) along his path despite all his heartbreaking losses. #done #YEAH I KNOW frau didnt actually do this this is just my own self indulging... makes me giddy when he gets all serious and intimate #like that expression he does. im down bad for this piece of hot garbage #going off on a tangent here but hes so fucking childish sometimes when he goes to pick teito up from his exam #this idiot took the time to arrange himself leaning leisurely against the wall and having a smoke just so he could be like oh hey #i wasnt waiting or anything im just free and rebellious and i smoke bc im cool....get real idiot #i dont have any more 07ghost art atm so lets see if the remaining eps inspire me #or the manga at the rate the anime seems to be ending :') #07 ghost #my art

[nostalgia-tblr]

Right I'm not saying Odin's not had a terrible amount of colonialism and war going on over his however-long-it's-been reign but when Thor wants to lay waste to Jotunheim and Odin tells him off for this it's not just hypocrisy at work, because the Odin of the timeframe of that movie seems sure that this would be Wrong not just politically bothersome and yet he also doesn't really explain to Thor why things are different now and putting that together what you have is this: Odin can't explain his own apparent change of heart without revealing that "oh yeah your brother's a Jotun," even though he must be fairly sure that this information would stop Thor's xenophobic bloodlust in its tracks as effectively as it did his own.

#thor (2011) #mcu tag i guess #he's had plenty of time to think of a handy excuse that doesn't give anything away but in that reality things are less dramatic generally #like in the reality where when Odin fainted Frigga (remember her?) explained their thought process and expressed their love etc #and you know what now i wonder *when* sylvie got told she was adopted cos it *could* be not long before she wandered off-path #i think we've all assumed she just always knew? but if not the TVA come cos she's still playing valkyrie-saves-ppl AFTER she knows the trut #which would mean SHE did nothing 'wrong' - the point of divergence was her parents failing to traumatise her sufficiently and spark off #a spiral into villainy for her. which then also means they DID fuck up her life by not fucking her up enough. oh the irony :(

[spiderwarden]

Companion teamwork, anyone.

Minthara growing herbs in her little travel garden for Gale and his cooking,

Minthara, helping Shadowheart in her own grief of being abandoned and neglected by Shar.

Wyll practicing his little dance and Minthara sighing and calling him a loser (in an IC way) however she’s the one with her lyre who had played so he could practice.

Minthara helping Karlach with … well.. everything. She’s canonically smitten have you see her talk about Karlach it’s not even my bias.

Minthara listening to Lae’zel about her Queen but also trying to advise her to think independently from it all.

Minthara sensing Astarion has had nightmare about Cazador and then holds up a bottle of his favorite wine and will sit next to him until he’s not longer having a secret panic attack.

Minthara seeing Jaheira pained over her losing her husband and extending sentiment because she too has lost her love years ago to Lolth’s folly. (Will not say anything about it right away, room for Jaheira to assume she doesn’t have any experience here.)

Minthara letting Boo eat greens out of her hand and sharing funny jokes with Minsc. They talk senseless circles around her but Minsc makes her laugh and he finds her funny.

Minthara telling the owlbear he can’t be carried everywhere but she’s the reason he’s used to being carried like a giant baby.

Minthara also close with Scratch in her own way because dogs sense panic attacks.

Minthara conversing between the animals in the camp like they’re people.

#[ 🕷️ ] —— musings #[ 🕷️ ] —— headcanons #[ the companions still don’t give a fuck about her in game but ] #[ she’s there for them regardless ] #[ woe is the plight of being the last minute friend who gets pushed off the path when walking together ]

[tanoraqui]

a fascinating, impactful thing about Elrond and Elros’s Choices to be Elf and Man respectively is that no way did they not start out Pretty Fucking Codependent. Since the age of 6, it’s been just the two of them surrounded by kinslayers, and then just the two of them surrounded by Gil-galad’s people and the Host of the West who don’t understand their many, many complicated feelings about the kinslayers. Like their parents before them, they are the only two half-elves alive in the world, completely alone but for each other. And their primary models for healthy relationships are Elwing “I will not let you suffer the wrath of the Valar alone” Dioriel, Eärendil “[I’m exhausted and want to leave but] My wife may Choose for both of us - immortality? Alright, babe” Tuorion, and Maglor “this is a terrible idea but I will not let you take further blood on your hands and Eternal Darkness on your soul alone” Fëanorion. There’s no way for them to have not been Pretty Fucking Codependent!

Yet still, still, for the love of boldness and fortitude and the mystery beyond the edge of the world, Elros chose to be a mortal Man; and for the love of wisdom and grace and the beauty of the world, Elrond chose to be an Elf forever in Arda; and as price, they both accepted that they would be sundered from one another until the end of all known time.

#elrond #elros #[softly but with fervor] i mean FUCK #the silmarillion #lotr #peredhil #obv reasons for choosing are written here for poetry more than character analysis BUT we do VERY MUCH in this house #hold to the idea that neither elrond nor elros chose out of anything like 'well my experience with elves has thus far sucked' #nor even 'i feel in love with someone' #but rather out of understanding eagerness and truly matched temperaments for their respective paths #we also hold that elrond made it like 5 years M A X I M U M in being-built lindon before gil-galad was like 'do you wanna just...go...' #and elrond was like 'YES THANK YOU it's not permanent if i don't go MORE west right?' and immediately built and sailed a boat to numenor #and in general split much of his time between the shores until elros's death and even after (though much less so) #was this supposed to be what they did? [wobbles hand] ehhhh... #was ulmo clearly tacitly endorsing it? yeah #elrond carefully never sailed off the western coast of the island it was fine. he was just visiting

[stealingyourbones]

Short DPXDC Prompts #218

Only way to find your soulmate is in the afterlife so you can have eternity together. Danny meets his soulmate finally: this strange boy named Jason. When Jason vanishes from the Ghost Zone without warning Danny undergoes something akin to pit madness with tunnel vision to find his soulmate again.

#danny phantom #dc comics #dp x dc #dp x dc prompt #writing prompts #okokok imagine #the bats hear of this massive being of darkness and shadow over 15ft tall just destroy trafficking spots in gotham #they’re not complaining but this thing is obviously not caring about if the people in his path (besides victims. they’re always unharmed)- #live or die #Jason eventually meets this fucking terrifying eldritch horror come to life and his face lights up #“’Danny? is that you’ #low and behold the mass of darkness shrinks into a person who’s like 2 years older than Jason runs over to him and sweeps him off his feet #Danny has finally found Jason again #the ‘pit madness’ also called ‘soul madness’ is finally healed now that they’re together again #bones prompts

[morrigan-sims]

i am not a woman, i'm a god

I think I did a pretty good job bringing her to life in the sims!!! I wanna make a full-on edit with her, but this was plenty for tonight.

#ts4 #the sims 4 #sims 4 CAS #ts4 CAS #adventures in cas #my sims #cas #areelu #areelu p:wotr #pathfinder wrath of the righteous areelu #p:wotr #pathfinder wrath of the righteous #fandom sims #god I love this woman so fucking much #I finally understand all you people who get attached to non-companion NPCs from bg3. #seriously tho. If you like BG3 go play p:wotr!!!! You won't regret it. #I'm over 70 hours in and not even 2/3rds of the way done with the game. A true completionist run can apparently take 200 hours. #and the characters are amazing the story is incredible #the mythic path system blows my socks off. It's so unique and awesome and I wish more games had something like it #AND it goes all the way to level 20 #it's based off the pathfinder rulesystem which is in some ways similar to dnd but different in others. #and this sexy lady is in it!!!! #also: being evil is ***actually*** a viable path in this game. #you don't lose out on any content by being evil. you can choose your alignment and in just about every conversation there's evil options. #also lawful and chaotic ones. #hell you can literally become a lich or a demon and go full-throttle evil. #this game is so fucking amazing and in some ways I think it's actually better than bg3. #but I know a lot of people here like bg3 for the aesthetic elements (mods + character customization + stunning visuals) #so those people probably won't care about p:wotr. #but if you're like me and you like playing RPGs based on tabletop systems and you like interesting stories then you should totally play.

[lordsooga]

Greg’s introducing his new house-guest to the rest of the village

They’re taking it..............well

[ID: A redraw of the “Whatcha Got There/A Smoothie” meme with TC’s Sheikah and Yiga OC’s. In the first image. Kara and Maro are standing in Kakariko. Maro’s looking shocked and a little disgusted while Kara look’s confused a slightly concerned, holding up a hand to her face. Maro wears a blue, sleeveless turtleneck and Kara wears a beige dress with a floral apron. In a BOTW style text-box she says “Uh, Greg... whatcha got there?”

The next image shows Greg, smiling pleasantly. He wears the typical Sheikah jacket with one sleeve hanging off. In one hand, he holds a banana, replying cheerfully “A banana.” Behind him stands Naga, a Yiga footsoldier with two small horns on their mask. They stare past Greg with the eye on their mask ]menacingly, a whole head taller than him. \end ID]

#breath of the wild #botw #age of calamity #loz #sheikah #yiga #surprise! new roommate! #its this stray creature he picked up off his front porch #at this point greg officially doesnt give a fuck anymore #and just starts talking to naga like an old friend and showing them around town #'oh and theres the restaurant kohga and i would always eat at when he came to visit' #in the au path where kohga dies #my art #id under the cut #maro #greg #kara #naga

[ultravioart]

roughing out ideas for a "goth/punk chick" disguise that peepers wears so he isn't shot on sight by Dominator lol

#woy #dominion au #commander peepers #ultravioart #I think the upper right gets at a more neutral design which i like #probably different shoes tho idk #my art #rough concepts are rough concepts #dressing up as a cheerleader worked on hater so dressing up as a punk girl should work on dominator right? right???? #Dominator can tell something is off with this 'cherry bomb' chick but she thinks its hilarious so she goes along with it #when she learns it's not just any watchdog but PEEPERS she nearly looses it #I can't decide if dee would be angry or burst out laughing at the cartoonishly pathetic attempt to impress her #because what the fuck dude lol #who does that #(Peepers does. he's desperate enough.) #(And not in a romantic way he's desperate to save the galaxy/hater from dominator's wrath) #(malewifeing his way into her friendzone and taking her down from the inside so maybe she doesn't obliterate everything.) #(and okay maybe it's a little payback on Hater for choosing Wander and good guy nonsense over Peepers and the path of evil) #but yeah dom and peepers are strictly platonic and are the WLW / MLM solidarity we deserve #lmafo #'The gal pals' more like THE MAL PALS #hehehoho

[zwan99]

Gotta' love how Chief doesn't feel like a self-insert but a character with her/his own personality. It's a plus she's hot.

Also, I might just level up Hella out of fondness, she's so cute.

#path to nowhere #ptn #spoilers #chief #hecate #hella #i do love rpgs cause you can take your own decisions #but i don't mind at all with ptn #like most of rpg's self insert mcs feel like we're trying to please everyone but chief just tell annoyin important people to fuck off <3 #shitpost

[mantisgodsart]

Pretend to be what you will, but under the light of the full moon, there's no more room for playing at civility (you are a monster, and you cannot control your nature)

#our art #bug fables #finished #watercolor #vi #wereweevil vi #werecreature #we use a specific paint for the eyes and claws and such here and it doesn't show in a still picture but it shimmers blue-green in the light #anyways. FUCKED UP BEAST!!! #this is for a cool & fun fic we've had in the works for um. uhh. (pause as we look at the date) #...actually don't worry about it we'll finish it eventually #wereweevil form draws inspiration from both mantids and wild boars! #we're going with the theory that weevils and primal weevils are NOT the same species #but rather different species entirely that tend to cohabitate and have some aesthetic similarities because of it #golden path weevils are a VERY altered form of weevils that have adapted very far from their original form over time #and primal weevils are a member of superorder dictyoptera split off from an ancestor like... #googling it suggests the common name we're familiar with is not actually common since it didnt bring up results but the wood mantis #but honestly it could either be a split from one of the Flat Fuck mantids or a roach w those raptorial forelegs #while golden path weevils have evolved specifically to eat seedlings and are most likely a split of acorn weevil #primal weevils are Something Else Entirely and have the “everything and the kitchen sink” diet of a roach #though they do prefer plumplings and have over time developed teeth specifically for cracking them open and eating them #their mutualistic relationship with golden path weevils stems from this: cracking open otherwise difficult plumpling prey for GP weevils #and receiving the benefits of a pack of allies for hunting more difficult prey in return #primal weevils are most likely an awakened species from what we've seen of canon but we doubt roaches would acknowledge them #as related much less potentially another form of roach #seeing as the roaches in game seem to be purely based on a handful of “pest” species and not the absolute wealth of roach species out there #that have unique adaptations or mimicry or anything of the like #we don't think they would take well to mimic roaches or anything of the like. also ties in to our hcs for levi. #if youre not one of the core species of roach then you dont get considered a “roach”. there are probably plenty of mimic roaches out there #just not acknowledged as Roaches because the Roaches bugarians are familiar with were a single culture with only a handful of species