defyingthefates

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What's the trope name for when someone finds out they're the Chosen One(tm) and is like "No, thank you" and goes and does something else

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a familiar touch

#... #minthara #bg3

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i hope that the discussion about student protests does not get reduced to "privileged rich kids faffing around at an ivy league school." setting aside that tenuous claim, over the last week, protests have erupted over the entire country. a few days ago, riot police beat, pepper-sprayed, and arrested NYU faculty shielding students; protests started at the university of southern california when the admin cancelled the valedictorian's speech; encampments appeared at the university of southern carolina, UT dallas, the university of maryland, the university of new mexico, IUPUI, virginia tech, the university of virginia, the university of illinois, the university of north carolina — chapel hill, the university of pittsburgh, uc berkeley, the university of michigan — ann arbor, MIT, emerson, tufts, the university of rochester, rice, swarthmore, the new school, vanderbilt university, with students arrested; students protested or walked out at miami university, northwestern, temple, the 5 claremont colleges: pomona, pitzer, scripps, harvey mudd, and claremont mckenna, stanford, washington university in st louis, students were arrested at ohio state, students were confronted by riot police at cal poly humboldt, after which they occupied campus, students were arrested at the university of minnesota — twin cities, after which faculty walked out; and yes, there are protests at the other ivies, most notably yale, with students facing mass arests after encampments, but there is also an encampment at brown, protests appeared at cornell, princeton faculty issued a statement of solidarity while students are preparing an encampment, and harvard banned the undergraduate palestine solidarity committee. there are thousands of students who are protesting for palestine across the entire country, facing harassment, arrest, and suspension in return

#student protests have always been important #its good to see at least a few universities have faculty willing to speak up too. im sure anyone who isn't tenured is taking a massive risk. #university admin has ALWAYS been conservative cowardly and cruel

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current mood: skyrim skeleton being launched down a mountain at 300 mph

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imogen & fearne in c3e91

#fearne should kiss every member of bh that likes women #its what she deserves #fearne calloway #imogen temult #critical role

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the pretend plot of bg3: you've gotta get these tadpoles out and stop a giant floating brain with delusions of grandeur

the real plot of bg3: in order to date us (the party) you must defeat our seven evil exes: a half-demon warlock patron, the literal goddess of magic, a vampiric lord, an insane cult leader , an archdemon, the goddess of darkness, and finally, the Trauma

#and the bonus eighth evil ex: insane hubris #also im a pedant so *archdevil #the hells not the abyss babeyy

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they're probably judging gale eating magic boots again...

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#bg3 #lae'zel #shadowheart #karlach

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#garrus vakarian in mass effect is the most beloved male romance? he's still well within the bounds of normal. #begging you to look up turians without armor. people preferentially wanna fuck that over humans. its the most popular option. #it normal. like. everyone loves garrus. #you know whats weird? people wanna fuck the clown monster from IT. clowns are so unattractive AND it wants to kill you. #i think 'here me out' starts there #you're gonna have to do more than murder-y muscle man in a funny hat. yeah he's the manifestation of some guy's damage but #he certainty isn't a clown monster

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Im curious.

#i haven't yet but i would. if its poorly handled or they're the only character maintaining my interest in a show . #nearly stopped watching poi after root died but they handled it and the resulting grief and fallout in the remaining characters well #plus they killed john too so it didn't feel so uhh targeted for lack of a better word #if imogen in c3 of crit role perma-dies i might tap out. im behind rn as is. i like c3 but im not as connected to the other party members #or the group dynamic like i was with c2 #so imogen anchors my interest in c3 past my interest in the plot. i like the other characters but not enough to sustain my interest w/o her. #maybe i'd come back later. but id def take a hiatus.

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been watching my friend play BG3 and was compelled to draw truest love ♥

#minthara #bg3

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this is excruciating. if minthara said this about me i’d kill myself

#if he falls she just says 'the wizard has fallen. typical' #he can't win with her #ever #she's disdainful of the men in the party in general compared with the women #but with gale and astarion she's especially brutal lmao #minthara #gale #bg3

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T-shirt that says ASK ME ABOUT MY FEMSLASH RAREPAIRS on the front and I WILL PAIR UP WOMEN YOUVE NEVER HAD A SINGLE THOUGHT ABOUT on the back

#skill issue #also consume media with women in it holy fuck #there is way more out there now #you don't even have to look hard #ask me about jules/carmen. no not from the carmen sandiego show. from the fucking late 90's early 2000's computer games #there was ONE fic on ao3 but it was really good

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One time I was explaining to my dad how unfair it is that every big city has at least a couple gay bars but there are only like 20ish lesbian bars left in the country and he responded with "That's cause gay men have a good party culture. Lesbians don't have time to party, they're too busy debating the sociological implications of things and studying for postgrad degrees" and as much as I wanted to tell him he was out of line for that, as a lesbian who spends all her free time on Tumblr debating sociological implications and messaging other lesbians in discord servers where everyone has a PhD or masters for some reason I felt like I might not be the best person to make that argument

#...i'm aiming to go to grad school eventually #and i'm very much not a party animal so uhh #maybe we need lesbian book clubs? lesbian tabletop groups? #plus yk... wage gap and terfs ruin everything they touch

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Then why are you here? What is it you want? I want to free you.

#im so behind #augghhh #imogen temult #liliana temult #critical role

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The women who carry me

#hades #oh gorgeous #aphrodite and athena are always central to my best builds. often artemis too #the goddesses hard carry me thru the underworld

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When you’ve been cooking for long enough, you stop making recipes and start making “shit in a skillet” and “whatever soup”

#miscellaneous veggie curry. whatever-the-fuck on rice. tomato-and-something in pasta. green stuff + egg ramen. #if you know what spices and flavor bases work well you're good